Take DIYPhotography.net to your virtual home

Sat, 2007-09-08 15:54 — udijw

If you love DIYPhotography.net as much as me, you'd be happy to know that I have made some changes to make it easier for DIYPhotography.net's readers to take the blog to their personal home page.

The first change is to add a bookmark strip that will enable you to bookmark an article to your favorite bookmarking service. You can Digg it, Furl it, Stumble upon it, cook it, bake it or pretty much add it to your virtual bookmarks online. When ever you hover over the strip found on the left, you will see all available bookmarking options.

The second change is to add special buttons that will enable you to add DIYPhotography.net's feed to your online homepage.

Pressing the button will add the feed to your yahoo homepage. And pressing the button will add it to your google reader or homepage.

I will leave all those buttons on the left nav bar from no on for your convenience.

Of course you can also grab my feed with any RSS reader with this RSS link

- Udi

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Tue, 2007-10-02 18:24 — fujicaman (not verified)

D-I-Y muslin background

I've dyed one of these before(even before this article) and have a few hints-
1) the salt...I've been told by several women that do a lot of dying that you want kosher or non-iodine salt. The ladies claim the dye works better with the iodine free salt.
2) Walmart stocks all-cotton muslin up to 120" wide-just make sure you get the all cotton-not the poly/cotton mix.
3) if you're planning on making several backgrounds,invest in a big metal washtub.....it can take far hotter water than a plastic tub.

Thu, 2007-10-04 20:04 — imang jasmine (not verified)

Thanks

thanks to informations... :)

Fri, 2007-11-02 15:11 — Mason (not verified)

bookmarks

Great tips, add to bookmark. Thanks.

Mon, 2008-02-18 19:03 — Robert (not verified)

dying muslin background

thanks for the tips! I was skeptical (more with my abilities, not your instructions), and ended up screwing up (I thought) by not following the directions exactly, but it turned out GREAT.

Thanks again- I have a couple of 'in-process' photos if you want them.

Tue, 2008-02-19 00:24 — udijw

RE: muslin background

Hi Robert,

I'm glad it worked out for you, and thanks for the warm word. you can post your process pictures by using the method here.

- udi

Thu, 2008-02-28 06:44 — Bluewater (not verified)

Black Backdrop

I am interested in setting up staging for shooting macros against a black background. I have read that velvet is best. Do you have any tips? I want both the background and shadows to be absolutely black.
Thanks,
Bluewater

Fri, 2008-02-29 00:34 — Hexfire (not verified)

Big metal tubs

Getting a big metal tub is one of the best ideas for this DIY project. Not to mention it makes the clean up and process easier. Do yourself a favor before you start and get a metal tub first.

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