An L.A. exhibition shows how a Brooklyn-based tattoo artist set up shop with Mexican inmates, built new tattoo rigs, and documented the results in photo-accurate paintings. I just wanted to fall in ...

DIY timelapse videos are always awesome, but perhaps the most crucial part of any timelapse is the camera rig. A typical timelapse involves a rig that doesn't move, but if you want to get fancy and ...

A treadmill motor, a homemade flywheel, and some light bulbs work together to help this talented YouTuber explain the complex ...

A solar power rig strong enough for powering a laptop and a few other gadgets is useful whether you need it during emergencies or just want to save some power. You can build your own rig for around ...

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In May, we reported on a DIY way to do a Matrix-like “bullet time” using a GoPro and a ceiling fan motor. By spinning the GoPro around the subject at high speeds, it could be captured at all manner of ...

Many have congratulated me on the creative solutions I came up with to solve many of the problems we encountered on the shoot of the indie feature “Singapore Sling.” That’s flattering – especially ...

These days, Youtube is more competitive than ever. Creators put out videos of wildly expensive, complex projects with equally pricy camera gear. [Do It Whenever?] wanted to join the arms race, ...

In this episode of the 101, Bryan Rogala tours cameraman Corey Leavitt’s DIY truck-camper rig. When he wasn’t shooting episodes of the 101 or working on other film projects, Leavitt spent months ...

Jorge Martinez, the man behind the rig, explains that he got everything he needed at his local Home Depot, so any hardware store will do. The only piece he had to order online was the quick release ...

Many avid PC gamers usually opt for building their own computer, citing lower costs of components over pre-built machines. However, custom PC maker Digital Storm has something to say about that, with ...

Scanning your film using a DSLR isn’t exactly a new idea. For a long time, people have been rigging together DIY setups with a diffuse light behind a film, then taking a photo of it with their digital ...