Feb 27, 2008
Picture the following
you have a digital camera and the potential for creating an Oscar worthy shot…if only you had the bazillion-dollar lighting rigs that the pros use! Oh the agony, as that perfect shot gets away!
But lo! Hope arises on the horizon! For the Digital Photography School blogged about 10 DIY lighting hacks for photography, and wow, they’re impressive! To wit:
Lighting can be the difference between a good shot and a great one.
Walk into most professional photographer’s studios and you’ll be confronted with truckloads of lighting equipment. To the average hobby photographer it’s enough to make your mind boggle - and for your stomach to turn as you think about the cost of it all.
Most of us can’t afford a full lighting rig - however what if there was a way to experiment with the type of lighting gear that pro photographers use without spending too much money? What if you could make it yourself….MORE….
It includes:
- 1. Multi-Super-SB-Ring Light
- 2. Poor Mans Ring Flash
- 3. Inexpensive Light Tent
- 4. Party Bouncer Card
- 5. Turkey Pan Beauty Dish
- 6. DIY Ghetto Flash Extender
- 7. Disposable Camera Flash Slave
- 8. Flash Mounted DIY Softbox
- 9. Flash Bouncers
- 10. Full Budget DIY Lighting Studio
You’ll get some great ideas there.
Want some digital photography ideas? Check out:
ThankYouVeryMuch!
Owlbert
ps - some digital camera goodies:
Feb 13, 2008
Everyone over the age of 40
probably remembers those nifty cool stereo pictures - you know, the things that have a right image, a left image, and you peek thru a viewer to see the picture in 3d?
I’ll bet you’ve been lying awake at nights muttering to yourself, gosh, if only my current state-of-the-art 3K camera could do the same thing.
Right? Confess!
Well, I’ve got great news for you - the nerds at Kodak have figured out how to do it! To wit:
- Chose a still life scene that contains attractive depth information with foreground, main subject and background content.
- Turn on your KODAK digital camera, and then rotate the top wheel to the SCN setting. (Note: I used the KODAK EASYSHARE C875 Zoom Digital Camera, but any of the new cameras could also be used.)
- Chose the feature that says: Panorama-Left Right.
- On the back of the camera click on the button with the “i” feature several times to get a Grid pattern with 9 squares overlaid on the screen.
- Compose a stereo information-containing scene, note where in the Grid pattern the central subject is positioned and take the first picture.
- Shift the camera to the right at least 2.5 inches. (One has wide latitude in the amount of camera shift, so it is not critical. You can experiment a bit here.) Now angle the camera and try to place the central subject in the same Grid spacing and position as for the first picture.
- Take the second picture, then press the central Stitch button to combine the left right pair into a single image file.
- When finished…MORE….
Nice, eh? What a great gift that would make for your colleagues and friends and family who still pull out their stereo photos at a moment’s notice. 
And if you want some neat resources for stereo photos, consider:
ThankYouVeryMuch!
Owlbert
ps - need a Stereoscope?
