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How I Fixed My Canon 5D Mark II Shutter With A Screwdriver And A Sense Of Bravery

Jan 6, 2015 Udi Tirosh

The shutter on my old Canon 5D Mark II died while on a trip to Fiji earlier this year. It happened quickly; I was shooting…

Dec 25, 2014 Udi Tirosh

While there are many sliders out there (some even at $75), the secret to getting a good slider is getting it to slide smoothly. The…

Dec 23, 2014 Tiffany Mueller

If you happen to have a Chromecast and Android phone, you can use the combo to stream footage to a monitor, tv, projector, basically any…

Dec 22, 2014 Tiffany Mueller

Fog machines are super useful and lots of fun to keep around the studio. They are perfect for creating smokey or foggy atmospheric photos…

Dec 15, 2014 Udi Tirosh

I guess the only thing worse than crashing a quadcopter is getting it drowned. I mean there must be some stuff you can salvage from a…

Dec 15, 2014 Bimal Ramdoyal

Welcome to my tutorial on how to make a 3 point light setup kit that allows you to vary the point LEDs independently. I wrote…

Nov 30, 2014 Tiffany Mueller

Pete Taylor’s Holga isn’t your ordinary Holga. It isn’t even your ordinary hacked Holga. In fact, you might say that Taylor’s Holga is one of…

Nov 16, 2014 Udi Tirosh

Where are you storing your batteries? Here is a quick and fun idea from Instructables user hagay1974. Hagay is using two scrap pieces of 2″ wide…

Nov 7, 2014 Udi Tirosh

I’m always looking to add new light modifiers to my home studio but name brand products are often too expensive. I still cannot justifies a…

Nov 5, 2014 Udi Tirosh

Time and again we show our love for sliders as creative tools. They provide some sweet production value at little cost and effort. Now most…