Taking travel photos with a homemade lens

My knowledge of photography is limited. I’m one of those “who needs a photo? It’s all in the mind” kinda people, probably because I’ve been using a crap digital camera for the last 5-years.

If I could take mind-blowing photographs, I’m sure that would change. Short on time, yet somewhat eager to try doing just that, I have often gone to check out professional cameras but looked at price tags and walked right out.

So when I saw an article on homemade digital hacks for your camera I saw hope! The lens is the most important (and most expensive?) part for your camera and this piece expertly tells you how to put together a fish-eye lense for $10. It looks pretty bad, but it also looks like it might do the trick.

True, the world of DIY Photography is large, but it seems so far ahead of me I often get lost when I scout those websites. The terminology, physics of light, situational photography — that stuff still hits off a tangent for me. I might start here though (I could borrow my dad’s old Pentax SLR), and if this homemade fish-eye lens produces even half a decent photo, there may be hope at kicking off an amateur DIY photography hobby.

[Via Vagabondish]

Introducing DIY Life

Today, the Weblogs, Inc. network introduced a brand new blog to the family: DIY Life, highlighting “the best in ‘do-it-yourself’ projects.” The site is already loaded with enough content to keep you busy building, fixing, and improving everything around the house and beyond for days. Tomorrow — during their official launch shebang — they’ll be having a “toolstravaganza” giveaway to celebrate Day 1, so keep an eye out for your chance to win all sorts of free DIY-friendly stuff.

Here are a few posts from DIY Life that are especially travel-related:

DIYLife.com