Category Archives: photography

How To Make Great Photographs

Posted on Tuesday, May 30, 2006 by Beanbag

This is a good article by Ken Rockwell on taking better photos. First and foremost your camera has NOTHING to do with making great photos. You have to master technique of course, but that’s just a burden to get out … Continue reading →

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Download a camera!

Posted on Monday, May 22, 2006 by Beanbag

Lighthouse in a Tree has a nifty pinhole camara that you download as a PDF and put together yourself. They also have a flash tutorial on how to assemble the camera. Link (via Lifehacker) This site has another version of … Continue reading →

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Digital Camera Noise Fingerprints

Posted on Sunday, April 23, 2006 by Beanbag

Researchers can use the noise profile of digital camera sensors to identify whether a set of images came from a certain camera. From MetaFilter: Every original digital picture is overlaid by a weak noise-like pattern of pixel-to-pixel non-uniformity. Although these … Continue reading →

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Allon Kira’s Infrared Photos

Posted on Thursday, April 20, 2006 by Beanbag

Amazing photos. Link

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Music video made with 2,500 Polaroids

Posted on Sunday, April 16, 2006 by Beanbag

This is an innovative idea for a music video. It was apparently created with 2,500 Polaroids. Link (via Digg)

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DIY Flash Mini-Bouncer

Posted on Thursday, April 6, 2006 by Beanbag

This is a nice and easy to make flash bouncer card. Sure beats the old index card and elastic band trick. Link (via MAKE: Blog) Also check out their article on making a Flash Mounted Homemade DIY Softbox

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Putting Together a Budget DIY Lighting System

Posted on Friday, March 31, 2006 by Beanbag

Article on building your own DIY studio lighting rig. A nice alternative to expensive lighting systems for amateur photographers. A flexible lighting system is something that I have wanted to play with for a while, but like everything else in … Continue reading →

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Application of a fake tilt shift technique to a movie clip…

Posted on Thursday, March 16, 2006 by Beanbag

This page has a nice pair of before and after videos demonstrating the fake tilt shift effect, but applied to videos. Link (via Boing Boing)

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Close-up photos of tiny people models on food…

Posted on Wednesday, February 15, 2006 by Beanbag

This is a nice set of photos of miniature people-figures apparently living on items of food. Link (via MAKE: Blog)

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Real photos that look like miniature sets

Posted on Saturday, January 28, 2006 by Beanbag

Photographer Olivo Barbieri takes real photos, but uses a tilt-shift lens to make them look like they were taken using miniature scale models. The effect is totally surreal. I love it! Link (via Boing Boing)

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DIY MagLite Photolamp

Posted on Wednesday, December 14, 2005 by Beanbag

Instructions on cobbling together a softbox attached to a flashlight. I don’t know how, but late at night I got the idea that I wanted to covert [sic] my new 3D cell Mag-Lite to a handy photo-lamp. Next morning I … Continue reading →

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Extreme Macro Photography – On a Budget!

Posted on Thursday, December 8, 2005 by Beanbag

Instructions on modding a Pringles can into a macro extension tube for macro photography. Link

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