Do-It-Yourself: Pole Aerial Photography

In another role, I occasionally read obscure real estate blogs.  Never did I think that it would pay off with some cool photo info, but I found a relatively cheap and easy way to get into aerial photography.  Well, aerial photography of a sort at least.
Welcome to pole aerial photograph, an easy way to get [...]

Recommended: Do-It-Yourself Tilt-Shift Lens

Yesterday’s post on tilt-shift photography hit the front page of both Digg and Reddit, so I guess people found it interesting. If you’re looking for a way to get a tilt-shift lens of your own on the cheap, there’s a guide online.

What you’ll need (from the site):
1. Lens
2. Rubber Plunger - (any type will [...]

One More Cool Use for Diffusing Panels - Setting Custom White Balance

The benefits of having a diffusion panel on hand just keep coming…
In my Do-It-Yourself Light Box, I used Cracked Ice diffusing panels that are typically designed to cover overhead florescent lights as the outside panels of the light box frame. They served to diffuse the bright light sources I placed outside the light box, [...]