Photographer Builds Stylish Open-Source Full-Frame DIY Camera

PetaPixel has covered many do-it-yourself (DIY) camera projects, but none quite like engineer and photographer Wenting Zhang's open-source Sitina S1 full-frame mirrorless camera. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2024-10-10 21:23

Photographer Builds Custom Lightroom Macro Pad

A photographer has built himself a DIY macro pad for Adobe Lightroom after not being able to afford a Loupedeck.

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2023-03-02 17:14

Photographer Builds DIY Stereoscopic Camera for 3D Macro Photos

Australian photographer and avid DIY-er Jim Metcalfe recently decided to up his macro photography game by building his own stereoscopic macro camera to capture and create 3D images. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2023-01-03 20:20

Photographer Builds Hybrid Viewfinder with Digital Overlay for Smartphones

Since the advancements made with mirrorless camera systems and their digital viewfinders, cameras with optical viewfinders have become somewhat rare, with hybrid viewfinders being even harder to find. petapixel.com »

2022-12-24 03:59

Photographer Builds Pond Complete With Hide Where He Captures Wildlife

A photographer built his own wildlife pond with an adjacent photo hide so he could capture beautiful photos of flora and fauna. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2022-12-15 15:48

Photographer Builds African Watering Hole to Capture Amazing Photos

Photographer Will Burrard-Lucas built a waterhole in Kenya's Southern Rift Valley and captured a series of stunning wildlife photos. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2022-10-25 16:44

Photographer Builds Camera That Shows Inside of a Centrifuge in Action

The world's first 4K camera built into a centrifuge shows what foods and other substances look like as they are separated at 2,500 times the gravity of Earth. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2022-07-07 23:29

Photographer Builds Giant Camera and Darkroom Bus

Photographer Bill Hao from Vancouver, Canada, spent two years building a huge oakwood camera. It shoots gigantic wet plate collodion photos measuring 32x48 inches. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2022-05-22 17:46

Photographer Builds the World’s First Autofocus 45 Camera

Photographer Aleksi Koski has created what he calls the world's first 4x5 camera that is equipped with autofocus. Called the Conflict AF45, it uses a laser-based focusing system to create what is basically a giant point-and-shoot. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2022-04-20 19:51

Photographer Builds a Business Behind Large Format and Tintype Portraits

Photography as an art isn't easy, but running a successful photography business is even more challenging. Despite this, Noyel Gallimore managed to build a business focused around the oft-forgotten art of large format and tintype photography. [Read More] petapixel.com »

2022-01-12 00:34

Photographer Builds Flooded House Set for Portraits of Musicians

At the 2018 High Water Music Festival in North Charleston, South Carolina, back in April, photographer Sully Sullivan of LawtonMiles wanted to take his portraits with the performing musicians to another level, so he decided to build a flooded house set submerged in water. petapixel.com »

2018-06-12 20:28

This Photographer Builds His Subjects with Cardboard

After moving into a new home, photographer Juhamatti Vahdersalo noticed the cardboard boxes he used sitting in his garage. So, he decided to get creative and use the used cardboard for a photo series. petapixel.com »

2017-11-20 19:10

This Photographer Builds Each of His Sets by Hand

Fine art photographer Nicky Hamilton just completed an impressive photo series titled “The Lonely Man. ” Each photo in the project took him an average of 3 months to sketch, build, light, and shoot. petapixel.com »

2017-02-18 22:56