How to make a beautiful DIY camera grip from a block of wood

The weekend is here, which means you’ll likely have some free time on your hands. If you’re wondering how to spend that free time, look no further than this clever little DIY project. Shared by Richard Sibley, this video shows how you can make a DIY camera handle to help keep your footage both smooth [...]

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Make your own 3D printed speedlight grids

As somebody who owns what some would describe as a ludicrous amount of speedlights (although, nowhere near as bad as Joe McNally), and regularly grids some of them to provide a selective rim light or to throw a little splash of light in a dark corner of an environment, Chris Cameron’s project intrigued me. 3D printers are [...]

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New55 shows they have the technology, might be interested in bringing peel-apart color film back from the dead

Fujifilm might have killed off the last of its peel-apart film. But not all hope is lost. Yesterday, New55, a company that currently specializes in creating 4×5 positive-negative instant film, posted a video to Facebook that shows it has the capability to make peel-apart color film similar to Fujifilm’s FP–100c. In the video, New55 founder [...]

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How to get over your fears of shooting street photography

Yesterday, we shared a video from Eric Kim wherein he shares a montage of tips for shooting street photography while traveling. Today, we’ve come across an older video from Eric that follows along the same lines of yesterday’s video, but addresses a separate problem, the fear of street photography. Street photography is a daunting genre [...]

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How to turn toy action figures into life sized super heroes with compositing

We’ve all been there, playing with our action figures as kids as if they were real.  For me it was He-Man.  For photographer Ari Mahardhika, it’s the characters of Marvel Universe, but just playing wasn’t enough. In this amazing series of images, Ari has brought these action figures to life, using a selection of techniques to [...]

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IP ratings and what they mean to your gear. Camera makers, please be clear!

We’ve seen how being weather sealed or weather resistant becomes a factor in modern days sales. This, of course, goes for actions cameras like the GoPro, but this also go for DSLRs and lighting equipment. The rugged Pentax k5  for example which was ruggedly abused tested is rated at IPX2. What does it mean, though X2? [...]

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We are giving away our best package yet – Free Auxiliary Layers – today only!

It’s been a while since we opened the Image Manipulation Store and we are quite happy with how it works and the community forming around it. This is why we approached our German partners and asked them to create the most awesome package they can. They said yes! thus creating the Auxiliary Layers package. The Auxiliary [...]

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