Category Archives: Photo

Lemon Cello

Posted on March 17, 2009 by mahto

I constructed this lemon cello to put on the label of some limoncello that I recently made. Before I started photographing, I tried to see if it was playable but I could only squeeze out a few sour notes. A … Continue reading →

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October Thing-a-day, Day 15: Prints

Posted on October 28, 2008 by mahto

These are for my photo class. I feel they both need some work, but hey. The pictures were taken last weekend.

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October Thing-a-day, Day 12: Flash Reflector-Diffuser

Posted on October 25, 2008 by mahto

Note: October was a horrible choice for a thing-a-day project, what with the Maker Faire and all. I’ll get 31 projects in by re-starting today. Sick of getting an ugly, harsh light when you take pictures using a flash? Tired … Continue reading →

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October Thing-a-day, Day 11: Cat-leidoscope

Posted on October 13, 2008 by mahto

I remember reading in some book about how to make a giant kaleidoscope out of cardboard and tinfoil, but since mirrors are pretty cheap, I just used those instead. Now I really want to watch some Busby Berkeley films…

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October Thing-a-day, Day 10: Time-lapse video

Posted on October 12, 2008 by mahto

I’m still working on the second part of the intervalometer (translation: putting it off until I figure out a more intelligent way to make the menus), but here is a video I made to prove that the concept works: Note: … Continue reading →

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October Thing-a-day, Day 9: Pinhole Camera

Posted on October 12, 2008 by mahto

Note: these next few posts are going to be a bit out of order because I worked on them in parallel today. I still have some catching up to do… I’ve been wanting to make a pinhole camera for a … Continue reading →

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October Thing-a-day, Day 8: Prepping bottles (photo)

Posted on October 10, 2008 by mahto

I had to strip the labels off of a bunch of bottles to prepare for beer bottling tomorrow night, and I ended up capturing this. I stood on top of the counter, and flattened the perspective by holding the camera … Continue reading →

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