Repurpose A Filthy Plughole Protector For Lo-Fi Photography
What’s in a name? If you’re Nick Cool, then it’s THE TRUTH. And Nick’s cool photo hack totally proves it.
One day, it seems that Nick was staring at his sink, perhaps in a fuzzy daze as he waited for his coffee to brew. His eyes presumably were drawn, like all kitchen detritus, towards the filthy plughole.
Most of us would see a future chore, to be added to the long list of other things we’ll put off until somebody more conscientious takes care of them. Nick, however, saw an opportunity. A Photo Op, if you like.
Nick’s cool hack involves little more than drilling some extra holes in one of those stainless steel sink-hole protectors, an old filter with the glass popped out and a camera. And yes, you’ll need a DSLR or mirrorless camera for this, unless you have a tiny sinkhole protector from a building made for ants.
And that’s it. The new “filter” blocks a lot of light, but amazingly the camera still gets enough to make a whole picture. A whole picture with cool, out-of-focus highlights and other grungy artifacts.
You don’t even need to get as fancy as Nick to do this hack – a piece of cardboard with holes in would do the trick equally well, and would leave your plughole mercifully protected.
- Source DIYPhotography.net
- Via PetaPixel
Charlie Sorrel sits in his gadget nerve-center in Barcelona, Spain, and spits out words about various weird plastic widgets while the sun shines outside his iCave. Previously found at Wired.com's Gadget Lab covering cameras, power cables and sneaking in as much Apple-centric coverage as he could, Charlie spends his rare moments outside perched atop a bicycle and snapping photos. You can follow him on Twitter via 
