DJ Ron, or Ron Slomowicz, has been spinning on Vanderbilt University radio station WRVU for over a decade. This talented DJ has compiled these hilariously, funny photographs on his website.

You have probably seen these pictures in one of the SPAM emails that's in your inbox or trash right now depending on your mood. Some of them are quite amusing, like my favorite Panda Kiss, and some just ho-hum. I can't go into details on how these photos effects were achieved because their origin is unknown. But what we do know is that there are a lot of bored graphics artists out there.

If you were intrigued on about this photo of velcro that we previously featured here on QJ. Wouldn't you want to know how to achieve the same effect? David, over at the Strobist has posted arguably the most inexpensive way on how to set up a macro photo studio.

How inexpensive you ask? If you already have a small flash gear, tracing paper, a cardboard box and posterboard, then zilch. But, even if you don't have some of those materials (excluding the flash of course) you'd probably just shell out $10 at the most.

Now that you have all that you need for this project, let's start by making cuts on the cardboard box.

Make window-like cuts on three sides of the box. It's up to you if you want to leave one side of the box attached for added support, or remove it entirely for flexibility, if you want to shoot an object that is immovable (like a plant still on the ground). Leave two of the flaps on to act as gobo's for light control. Attach the tracing paper over the windows you've cut out and secure them with tape.

This set up can help you achieve the "infinity sweep" effect, for seamless bottom-to-background look, with just a strip of posterboard (black or white). And, if you're going to use two light sources like what he's done on this shot for this radio.

Make sure to adjust the intensity of one of the flashes or by moving one of them farther away. Also if you're worried about reflection and glare, just stick a black posterboard on the side and on top, to eliminate it.

Beautiful photographs need not to be expensive. All we have to do is think outside of the box.

This little project will be of interest mainly to owners of the Canon EOS 300D Digital Rebel camera, but the methods and ideas used in the build can be applied to other projects and adapted to be used with other digital cameras as well.

While I would not recommend trying this to your average person, tinkerers and dedicated photography enthusiasts should be able to get something out of this how- to whether they actually attempt to build the remote or are simply reading the instructions to learn something new and get ideas.

Using components that can be found easily at local stores like Radio Shack, you can create a versatile remote shutter controller for your Canon 300D for little outlay of cash.

You might even already have some of the parts needed laying around at home or find them inside some of the outdated electronics you no longer intend to use.

By making your own, as opposed to buying one from Canon or another commercial supplier, you can save yourself some money, and create a controller that best suits your own needs.

Why pay for features you don't need or miss out on the functions you do need? Add functions where you need them and remove the ones you don't.

Professional photographers and even non pros can benefit from the ideas contained in this how- to. So get your tools ready and be creative, you never know what useful mods you might end up with!