Photographer Parker Rice shared an interesting tip on Reddit earlier this week. In a short discussion post, he showed what's possible when you get creative instead of tossing your smashed lens filters in the trash.
Houseplants and film photography have both seen renewed interest among younger people in recent years. Here's a neat way to combine these two loves: you can recycle used film canisters by turning them into tiny pots for plants.
Pixlplay is a new hardware and software combo that transforms your smartphone into a special camera designed for kids.
Much as it pains me to encourage anyone to destroy a book, if you have a second copy of something or an old book you know you'll never flip through again, this neat little Photo Album DIY from Photojojo is worth putting on your crafts to-do list.
If you want a lens that most or all photographers don't have, one way is to retro fit a vintage lens with a new mount. That's what Washington DC freelance photographer J. David Buerk did with a lens he found on an old Lubitel 2 twin-lens reflex camera, and the results are quite nice.
Got a couple of boxes of old transparencies and a bare window? Then designer/upcycler Scott Sherwood has come up with a great idea that will put those slides to functional, creative and colorful use.
Dublin, Ireland-based photographer Maciej Pietuszynski was doing a bit of spring cleaning recently when he decided to upgrade a plastic box he has been using to carry his camera and flash unit. His idea was to give the box an extra job as a makeshift softbox in addition to its storage/transportation/protection duties.
For Valentine's Day today (you didn't forget, did you?), San Francisco-based self-proclaimed super nerd Doctor Popular decided to give his significant other a card packaged inside a 35mm film canister.
With Christmas just around the corner, here's a clever DIY craft idea for adding some photographic cheer to your gift giving this year: adorn your presents with gift bows made out of 35mm film strips.
Do you have old large format film holders lying around that you no longer have any use for? You can breathe new life into them by transforming them into nifty picture frames.
If you still process your own film in a darkroom, you probably regularly toss empty film canisters into the trash can once you've popped off the cap and retrieved the film inside. The next time you're in there, try saving those canisters: you can upcycle them into neat magnets for displaying photos on your fridge -- perhaps even prints of latent photos that were once in those canisters!
The bean bag is a tool that photographers sometimes use to stabilize their camera. Plop it down on a …
Camera hoarder Stacie Grissom of Stars for Streetlights received a massive collection of …
For those of you amateur photographers out there who like shooting film, sometimes old cameras don't have the right light meter for getting the correct exposure. Sometimes they are faulty, inaccurate or have no light meter at all! Photographic light meters can be pretty expensive but analog foot-candle meters are cheap because they don't really have any photography purpose, until now. This guide will show you how to put it to work for photography.
VU35 is a new brand by Lucas Desimone and Matias Resich that offers products created from wood and reused 35mm film -- a plastic material that's difficult to dispose of. Their first product is a minimalistic collapsible bookshelf called Filmantes, which uses strips of film to connect three wooden shelves.
If you have some unwanted 35mm negatives lying around and need a simple gift idea, you can …
If you have an old mount for attaching a GPS or cell phone to your windshield, you can upcycle …
Perhaps inspired by the vintage camera nightlights we shared last year, photographer Laura …
Accidentally expose an entire roll of film to light? Instead of throwing it away, you can turn it into …
Wanting a cheap and compact way to carry, protect, and manage his SD cards, Instructables member …
Want a clever way to use your Christmas tree as a photo display? Simply print 1.5-inch photos onto acetate …
Always looking to upcycle her old things, entrepreneur Heidi Lehto came up with …
If you have a potato chip tube lying around, you can convert the tube into a super simple DIY snoot. All you need to do is cut an opening in the closed end that's the size of your flash head (tip: use some duct tape to prevent it from scratching your flash).
Check out this awesome picture frame: it’s an old french door that was cut in half, stripped, painted, distressed.
Last week we featured Jason Hull’s awesome nightlights created out of old (and cheap) vintage cameras. If …
Photographer Jason Hull has a hobby of taking old cameras from the 1950s …
If you have some translucent film canisters lying around, you can turn them into DIY glow sticks for …
Here’s a quick and easy photo hack: cut a slice out of a white film canister to soften the …
Brussels-based jewelry designer Clement Marquaire creates one-of-a-kind earrings using old 35mm film. A …
Like many electronic devices, cameras often come with certain cables that are neither necessary enough to be used often …
Have a bunch of film canisters lying around and not sure what to do with them? You could use them to geekify your Christmas lights by punching a hole in the caps and sticking the lights in.
Ties are meant to be soft and comfortable around the neck, so they’re a perfect fit for a do-it-yourself …
If you ever find yourself with some unwanted negatives on your hands, you can upcycle them into creative film …
Photographer Dana Neibert made this unique iPad case using an old 8×10 film …
Flickr user Betty Ann recycled a photography book by transforming pages into these …
If you have an old or broken flatbed scanner lying around and gathering dust, a neat thing you can …
The MoMA Store used to sell these nifty salt and pepper shakers made …
Claire Chauvin over at Poopscape has a …
Chicago-based designer Dan Riordan woke up one morning, saw his Polaroid Land Camera 95A, and thought to himself, “I …
Tiffany Threadgould of RePlayGround had the awesome idea of building a room divider using old 35mm film canisters. She spent three months befriending film processing shops in New York and collecting the 1,000+ canisters needed for the project.