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Looking At 120 Playboy Centerfold Photographs At Once [NSFW]

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Some when along 2003 photographer Jason Salavon created a rather interesting piece of art. He stacked all the centerfold images from each decade of playboy and created a super centerfold. While those super centerfolds lack any real nude, or even a clear human image, they are kinda hypnotizing as you can see from Salavon’s work below.

Photographer Pat David set out to recreate those images using ImageMagick a free image handling software. By stretching, rotating and layering the images David not only recreates the process made by Jason Salavon, but tries to add a few tricks of his own. The results are just as hypnotizing. Do you find it interesting, artsy?[Read More…]

Focal Length Matters When Shooting Faces

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How often did you hear that Zooming with your legs is not like zooming with your lens? They were right!

This video demonstrates how different focal lengths control the distortion of the human face, assuming of course that the face take the same amount of space in the frame.

It is quite an interesting and experiment, and really easy to replicate at home, if you don’t believe the stuff you see on the internet.[Read More…]

Create Futuristic Photographs With Black Light And Office Markers

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Benjamin Von Wong over at the VonWongBlog shared a creative tool that we immediately loved! Using Black Lights and a mystery fluid he was able to capture a futuristic-Tron-like self portrait.

OK, it was not a mystery fluid, just office markers, and while painting office markers on your body may seem kinda dull, magic happens once you turn off the every-day-boring-florescent-lights and kick in the super-cool-magic-black-lights. Watch the video with Ben’s explanation after the jump.[Read More…]

We’re Giving Away The Coolest Straps And Plates Ever (EVER!)

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Update: the giveaway is now over, thanks for playing. And a huge thanks for custom SLR for providing the prize. Scroll to the bottom to see if you won.

The good folks over at CustomSLR are giving away a complete set of their super cool lineup: A Split Strap+Cloop Combo, A Cloop + Glide Strap and an M-Plate (value $210.8).

Here is the nice thing about this combo. You can use the glide strap (or split strap) while on the go, and instantly mount your camera on a Manfrotto/ArcaSwiss tripod without removing the strap. As of the release of the M-plate, a few weeks back, the Glide Strap/M-Plate/C-loop combo did not leave my camera and is the combo I use in my shoots. Super Comfy!

To enter the giveaway all you need to do is answer one simple question: [Read More…]

How To Get Creative With White Balance And Product Photography

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Ok, so how to add a little something to a pic by fiddling with the white balance a bit? First, I took a standard pic of my daughters sneakers. What do you mean that’s not something you usually do? Just go with the flow and stop arguing with me ok!

Standard pic of daughters sneakers:

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Random Camera Kindness – Taxi Driver Returns $13,238 Of Lost Photography Gear

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Have you ever lost a lens cap? Were you upset about it? How would you feel if you forgot your entire production gear bag in a cab? $13,238.86 worth of gear including a Mark III, A Canon XA10, a 24-70 lens, recorders, mics, mem cards and a bunch of Gaff tape.

While this is not strictly DIY, it is a good story worth sharing that adds some good Karma to the world.

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You CAN Build Everything With Lego, Even A Pinhole Camera

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Photographer Giacomo Citti built an interesting camera made entirely of Lego bricks. (yes, we are on a pinhole roll here)

The only exceptions are a little bit of black electrical tape and black painted foil for prevent light leak.

Giacomo uses Ilford PanF film, 50 iso which he exposes for about 1 – 5 seconds depending the lighting conditions. The reason for this specific Ilford PanF film is that it compensate very well for minor exposure errors. The size of the exposed film is about 24X80 mm. kinda usual, but gives wonderful panoramic results.

Giacomo says that the camera was inspired by Found Photography’s Lego cameras archive. Having looked at it, this archive is an incredible resource if you are looking to make a Lego pinhole for yourself. More images and results after the jump.[Read More…]

DIY Remote Controlled Table Dolly

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maker Jacques Productions is a master of building things that a remote controlled. In this video he shares his remote controlled table dolly. The basic ingredients are a receiver unit, a servo, a LiPo battery and a roller-skate.

The thing that surprised me was how smooth the camera movement is. Jacques is actually using the trim function on the remote to get very subtle movement.

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Kite Aerial Photography 101

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In this post I will show you how to build a quick and easy rig to get your camera flying (without any magic wands and jumping from nukem driven airplanes).

Yes, welcome to another boring tutorial… wait I say boring loud? Is not, it is fun, relaxing and sometimes adrenalin twisted outdoor exercise – welcome to Kite Aerial Photography 101.

Lets get started[Read More…]

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