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Make a DIY Infrared Trigger to Control Your DSLR with Your iPhone - Lifehacker
We've looked at a few ways to take wireless photos with your iPhone and DSLR camera , but Matthew over at The iPhone Guru put together a different method that uses an infrared transmitter instead of Wi-Fi, removing a lot of the annoyances that come with the other options. The video above will show you the entire process, but basically you need to build a DIY infrared trigger (which will cost you about $2) that plugs into your iDevice's headphone port. You'll also need the DSLR.Bot app for iOS (which will cost you $5). The DSLR.Bot app will use you infrared trigger to send signals to your Canon or Nikon DSLR camera. It can even create a log with location data for tagging your photos. If this is a project you want to try, be sure to check out the full instructions at the iPhone Guru.Use A Texture Projector to Cheaply Create Interesting Backgrounds
Interesting subjects make for great photographs, so are interesting backgrounds. Photographer Karl Zemlin has a great DIY for projecting strobe light to create interesting backgrounds. (He also has a nifty DIY section on his site) All you would need is a box, a few Fresnel lenses and some textured glass . The main idea is that you could get the texture of the glass projected on a seamless white (or any other smooth) background.
