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How to make DIY wooden handgrips for under $30
Adam Rahn
Wooden handgrips or kinogrips are becoming more and more popular. I’ve had my DIY grips for a couple years now and I get compliments on...
Adapting industrial lenses for extreme macro photography
Peter Lin
If you ever visited some industrial surplus shops, very often you would see some cameras and lenses used in industrial automation. But you probably do...
The complete A – Z guide to becoming an event photographer
Mik Milman
Are you thinking about becoming an event photographer? This article will begin by giving you some insight into what the job entails and the beginning...
How to create a photography style
A.B Watson
You have found your style when you can’t do anything else. It’s your default your normal nature. Style comes when imitation and influence perish. Its...
How we built Bertha – A large format camera that will shoot 1.1×1.1 metre slides
Davide Rossi
It’s called Bertha, it’s a gigantic camera built out of a desire to find out what photography can reveal beyond certain limits. From the first...
Are street and documentary photography art?
Simon King
I think the question of whether something is or is not art is a bit disingenuous, and can be used more as a tool for...
It’s okay to lose interest in photography
Andy Hutchinson
Quite often when I’m browsing my Facebook photographic communities I see posts from people who are depressed because they have lost interest in their hobby....
Say hello to the LEGO Nikon F3, the new “plastic fantastic” film camera
Ethan Brossard
This is a LEGO model of the Nikon F3, considered by many to be the best film camera Nikon ever made. I was not very...
The problem with Flickr’s plea for help
Daniel Lee
Flickr users received an email a few days ago asking for help to spread the world of Flickr. Don MacAskill who is the CEO of...
You can’t fight without an F-you fund
Mike Kelley
When it comes to negotiations, as a photographer (or any freelance artist, for that matter) you’ve got to master the art of not being emotionally...