DIY
Smoke Tube of Death – Controlling Smoke On Large Locations
Controlling smoke always seems like a hard task to me. Between the wind, air temperate and evaporating nature of smoke it can get quite tricky….
A Beautiful Camera Stabilizer. With Build Beautifully Filmed
This DIY stabilizer by Youtuber 朗 岩本 is one of the best DIY Stabilizers I’ve seen. It was made specifically for the EOS 7D, but…
How To Build A Functional Awesome Looking Steampunk DSLR Shoulder Rig From Plumbing Supplies
Sometimes the looks of something makes just as much as difference as its function. I am not 100% positive that this steam punk rig by…
How To Build A Light Table (Or Inspecting 50,000 Film Slides)
When our sister company, Spiffy Gear, designed and built the Light Blaster™ slide projector they (and we) had to go over slides. Lots of slides….
Using A Nexus 10 As A Photo Store Hub For Travel
When packing for a long-haul trip I did not want to take a computer along – both because of carrying weight and extra information across…
How to Build a DIY “Wind Proof” Reflector
Have you ever taken a 5-in-1 collapsible reflector to a shoot on a windy day? Did you feel that you were paragliding? While I am…
The StrobePack Is A Wearable Glittering DIY Lighting Studio
The basic goal of the StrobePack, is to provide high-quality lighting at night and in low-light conditions, although it can be used in daylight, it…
Magic Lantern’s Dual ISO Feature May Boost Dynamic Range To 14 Stops (Or Fry Your Sensor)
One of the recent Magic Lantern announcements is in my eyes a real bomb on the photo industry. Their Dual ISO feature (announcement here) may…
How To Build A Scream-Triggered Photobooth
Our buddy Haje Jan Kamps set up a scream triggered Photobooth. We thought it was a pretty cool concept so we asked him to share…
How To Correct The Green Cast From A 10 Stops Neutral Density Welding Glass Filter
One of my all-time long exposure photographers is Australian photographer Alex Wise. (not sure if you can say “long exposure photographer”, but I just did….






































