DIY Photography gear!

[Geaux]

DIYPhotography.net | Photography and Studio Lighting

 

[Karri]

This is awesome - keep 'em coming!

 

[swedberg311]

:addpics:

 

[SabrinaO]

I made a 300mmF2.8 a few years ago work at treat

What? No way! A lens?

 

[scotch59]

:addpics:

agreed!

 

[Derrel]

I made a 300mmF2.8 a few years ago work at treat

What? No way! A lens?

Sabrina, you don't know gary very well...he's very good with tools and such.
He even built a house from plans he got off the internet. A freakin' house!

http://friedmanarchives.com/British Columbia/images/Shack - vertical 8x10 300 dpi.jpg

 

[Buckster]

Macro Flash Bracket:

In use:

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Gimbal Head:

In use:



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IR Drip Trigger:

It's for getting shots like this:

All the gritty details and more pics of the stuff above in this thread: http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/...your-homemade-equipment-here.html#post1953429

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Filter holders for speedlights:

Made from stiff clear plastic from typical packaging, a Velcro tab hold it in place on the speedlight. Filters slip in and out of the clear plastic 'wallet' with no further velcro or tape or anything like that on the filters themselves.

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Light Orb Maker:

LED lights, batteries, wire, tape, hot glue, fishing poles and a bearing to make a spinner with lights on the ends. For making shots like this:

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Other stuff:

A telescopic snoot to change coverage area with push/pull action.

Speedlight grids made from coroplast and gaffer's tape.

Battery keeper made from coroplast, hot glue and velcro. Basically a box with two doors and a moveable wall between the two compartments they lead to - a green one for charged batts and a red one for spent ones.

I get a lot of DIY type ideas, and act on a lot of them. Ever since I was a kid. Not just for photography either. Drove my family nuts a lot of the time. Might be how I ended up as an engineer.

 

[phiya]

Here's my DIY beauty dish that still needs some work. (hey, I just got it today!)

Like that "solid" pizza pan they sent me? It looks nothing like the picture on Amazon. Oh well, I'll have my step dad cut me one out of aluminum... and this one, I think I'll make a honey comb modifier out of.