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Manual Lens From PVC Pipes
There are proven ways to become a professional photographer, ask Zack Arias. Looks like building your own lenses (which we have done before) ranks pretty…
Shoot 3D with a Single Camera and Lens
In the past, we covered some nifty ways to create 3D images with a single camera. Or even with two cameras, or a 3D-printed invention….
Everything You wanted To Know about DIYing a Tilt Shift Lens For Less Than $10
Tilt Shift Lenses are cool. They are those lenses that allow you to take those miniature looking photographs. I dare you to get a real…
Attaching SLR Lenses to an iPhone
Photographer and Engineer Bhautik Joshi came up with a nifty way to attach a real SLR lens to camera phones. and when I say attach,…
Scan Your Old Films For The Cost of A Happy Meal
If you’ve been around from before the digital age, chances are you have stacks and stacks of negatives and slides stuffed in a box somewhere…
Homemade Lenses: What’s All The Fuzz About?
Several weeks ago, you may have read my post on this site entitled Build Your Own Lenses in which I extolled the wonders of homemade…
Create a Digital Holga
Frenzy over at Instructalbes came up with a neat way to convert your SLR into a Holga. A Holga is a very popular plastic toy…
Build Your Own Lenses
Nikon, Canon, Leica, Pentax, Sigma, Tokina, and a host of other lens makers are all striving to bring you the sharpest lenses with all optical…
Telling a Story With Shaped Bokeh – Five Examples
We all love a photo that tells a story. In stories we talk about sub plots. Subplots can relate to the main plot and enrich…
Creating A Blur Effect With The Whatever’s Around Filter
Look at the picture on the top from Gilad Ben Ari. Click on it to really see it larger. Something just does not add up….






































