Tabletop studio has some good tips and instructions on taking close up photos of jewelry (these techniques are good for other close ups of shiny things too)… – “Taking good quality pictures of jewelry for most is an unsolved mystery. However, there are some simple techniques used by the professional, which even amateur photographers can […]
Mike Hollingshead is a storm chasing photographer, check out his incredible galleries of storms, tornados, hurricanes and weather gone wild – 2004 seems to be the “stormyist” – “24 sets of images. 2004 was hands down the craziest spring for storm chasers to chase during. There are rather wild looking storms in this section. I […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Whiteoakart’s DIY macro set up – “Ingredients: Fabricating a system for extreme close-up. PVC tube connector: 64 cents. Clip-on LED: $6.99. Lens from broken Olympus Stylus: free. Masonite: free. Screw: free (Pictured here) The complete setup. The clip can swivel a bit to get a better angle and, of course, […]
The latest Citizen Scientist has a short how-to on making a telephoto lens from a spotting scope – “You can make a telephone lens for your camera with a spotting scope and a center-slotted aluminum bracket… The camera is attached to the bracket with a bolt that fits the camera’s tripod mount. The spotting scope […]
Biomedical Image awards 2006 gallery is up with an amazing collection of the microscopic, who knew bread mold could look so good! – “The fruiting body of bread mould. As the mould grows, it propagates itself by forming spores that are released into the environment and grow into new mould colonies. Colour-enhanced scanning electron micrograph […]
Nym writes “Turn an old pair of glasses and a $14 philips digital camera into an eyetap to take pictures from your perspective.” – Link.
DIY helmet cam – “The helmet-cam is useful anytime you want video but you don’t want to use a hand or second video-person on the project. We use ours to record the designing and building of HowToons projects. It can be an invaluable anlysis and learning tool for rapid prototyping.” – Link.
