DIY - Reverse Macro Ring
As everybody knows, macro lens are expensive. Daniel Kyaw has a great way of creating a macro reverse ring for practically nothing. Reverse rings can be used to shoot macro shot using non-macro lens...
View ArticleSuper Macro Your Cellphone Camera With A DVD Lens
I'll admit, Super Macro Your Cell Phone Camera With A DVD Lens is one weird title. However, if you just moved to a blu ray DVD player and you're looking for some good use for your old DVD, cnflikt (who...
View ArticleDIY Macro Lighting LED Ring
A while back we had a piece about the power of using LEDs in photography. In that article we had a very primitive LED ring light. In this guest post, Tim Brook shares a much better way to create a LED...
View ArticleCreate An Automated Macro Rail For Image Stacking
Do you find that producing sharp macro photographs is hard due to the super limited depth of field? The way to get around this is to take multiple images with different focus points and stack them...
View ArticleBuild A Very Cheap Macro Extension Tube
Have you ever wondered what's the magical substance inside macro extension tubes? Very often they seem like they are just a piece of thick tube.Well, that's because they are. Or, at least the cheaper...
View ArticleSuper Easy Macro Lighting Using a Pringles Can
I would imagine that after yesterday's killer tutorial you'd want something simple. Well, here it is: A super easy macro lighting modifier. Ok, you got me. It is a Pringles can... Again. This time...
View ArticleUsing Baking Powder As A Macro Tube
We said it before, macro tubes are nothing more that air wrapped in plastic. This is why we were happy to see another adaptation on the Pringles can that makes macro easy on the budget by Sameer...
View ArticleThe Comprehensive Guide To Macro Photography
When we photograph something very small we call it a macro photography. I would imagine we should call it Micro photography, but I don't have control over the jargon. Shooting small things poses great...
View ArticleHow To Photograph A Tower Of Salt Grains
If you thought that building a tower out of salt grains is a hard thing, think how hard it would be to photograph it in a nice way.Photographer Alex Parker did manage to build a small tower of salt...
View ArticleThree Super Macro Rigs You Can Build At Home
After posting the big Macro tutorial, I thought it would be interesting to see what extreme macroists (yea, it's a new word) use to get those super detailed shots.I was surprised by the amount of...
View ArticleComparison Of DIY Macro Solutions
TeraPixel (Charly) is using a wide array of DIY solutions for his amazing macro photographs. Including reversed lenses (with electronics modified to allow metering and control), bellows and extension...
View ArticleQuicky: Fun & Easy Macro Filter With PVC and Magnifying Glass
For about three years I used a Nikon Coolpix and enjoyed taking photos of snowflakes in the winter. I struggled with the autofocus, so I figured I would invest in a digital camera with manual focus and...
View ArticleA DIY Focus Rail For Focus Stacking
The following description of my DIY focus rail is meant to be a general guide for using draw runners as a cheap linear bearing construction component, the idea is not my own it was given to me by my...
View ArticleFree Introduction To Macro Photography Webiar With David Saffir and C. David...
If you ever wanted to try out macro photography and did not know where to start, Datacolor is hosting a free webinar covering almost everything you need to know to get started on macro photography.Hers...
View ArticleMake A Make A Macro Tilt Shift Lens From Old Headphones
If you are tired of your old headset, here is a quick and fun way to make them worthy again - by turning them into a tilt shift lens, courtesy of Brian Schauer.There is no need to kill a new good lens...
View ArticleBeautiful Snowflakes Photographs Shot With A Point And Shoot And Some Gaffers...
When it comes to using your resources in a creative way to get good photos, we are the first to cheer. Photographer Alexey Kljatov (AKA ChaoticMind75 on flickr) is using a simple point and shoots in a...
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