https://pho.tography.org/tags/diy/ Recent content in DIY on pho.tography.org Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://pho.tography.org/2026/04/13/arduino-for-photographers-what-you-can-actually-build/ Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://pho.tography.org/2026/04/13/arduino-for-photographers-what-you-can-actually-build/ Photography and electronics have always had an uneasy proximity. The camera is already a sophisticated computer, and most photographers have no particular desire to add soldering irons and breadboards to their workflow. But there is a growing category of problems that commercial gear either doesn’t solve, solves badly, or solves at a price that makes little sense for the result. That is where Arduino becomes relevant — not as a replacement for any piece of photographic equipment, but as a way to build the specific tool that doesn’t exist yet, or to automate something that currently requires standing in the cold pressing a button.