Become a one-person gaggle of flash-bulbing paparazzi by transforming disposable cameras into a flash slaves that obey your digital camera’s every command.

Surrounding yourself with an army of strobing minions requires a bit of tinkering, but who’s afraid of a little electrical tape and a microchip or two? “Not I!” said the brave photographer. (That’s you.)

Buying a flash is way too easy — fashioning a Frankenflash in your secret underground lair, now that takes true photographic gumption.

DIY Disposable Camera Flash Slave

1. No light? No hot shoe? No problem. The Metz 28 CS-2 Digital Slave Flash to the Rescue! Nothing will ruin a shot quicker than on-camera flash. Unless you’ve got an SLR, though, indoors you usually have no choice — it’s either shiny...
2. Turn Your Instant Photos into Reusable Notes, To-Do Lists, and more! Extra photos for bloggers: 1, 2, 3 We love instant photos. They’ve always been fun to make, fun to share with friends, and pretty darn...
3. The Phlash: Camera Phone Super Flash Every photographer knows that the key to the art is lighting. Great lighting can make a photograph unforgettable. Bad lighting can make it unsalvageable. Enter...
4. Reduce, Reuse, Diffuse: Make Your Own Flash Diffuser from an Old Film Container Extra photos for bloggers: 1, 2 Harsh, unflattering flash got you down? Grab an old roll of film and make it all better. Follow Flickr...
5. Finesse your Flash with a 60-second Snoot Slipping over the business-end of a flash, snoots are shaped like the cones worn around the necks of Elizabethan royalty… or recently neutered terriers. While...

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