Archive for March, 2006

Any tips for Photocritic?

Do you know of any cool projects out there that could do with some more exposure? Have you written a cool article that you think might fit in on Photocritic? Well, get cracking then!

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Homemade lenses are all the rage

Making your own lenses is all the rage these days, and we are all for that particular flavour of fun. Mark Tucker makes a lens out of a Plunger, simultaneously creating what he claims is the ugliest camera in the world. MKAZ is a prolific lens maker who has photo essays and information about no less than 7 lenses he has made himself. Orbit 1 features a compact bellows-style lens which can also be used as a tilt/shift lens, and Chromasia takes it a step further, making an actual Tilt/Shift lens himself. Oh, and there's of course our very own Pringles macro lens, too. Bravo, guys, keep them coming!

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String Tripods

A DIY photo gadget that you can make from stuff you probably have kicking around in your basement or shed? Is right! We are hooked! It's one of those completely daft projects, but it may actually work - I'm sure as hell going to give it a shot! The main problem of taking photos free-hand is that your hands aren't particularly sturdy. Myself, I find using a heavier camera makes it a lot easier (the inertia of the camera means it is reluctant to move, so up to a point, a heavy camerea is easier to hold still than a very light camera.), but what for lighter cameras? The answer might just be a String Tripod!

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Make your own Underwater Enclosure

I can't deny that these guys are way braver than I am: I don't think I'd be too happy to take my own camcorder or digital camera under water in what is essentially a plastic bag. But I think the solution could be very useful if you take photos in the streaming rain, at least. Underwater photography equipment will typically set you back more money than the camera itself, so it is no wonder that people come up with some really exciting solutions!

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Make your own camera remote control

So, you are into your long exposure photography, such as night-time or macro photography? To get top quality photos, you're going to need a remote control. And most of the time, this is going to set you back quite a lot of money, especially as the cheap as chips screw in type cable releases don't work on new cameras anymore.

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Lomo photography

A Lomo camera is essentially a really, really low quality camera built in Russia. That doesn't stop it from having a nearly religious following, however, and with the right attitude when wielding one of these cameras, it can be a very liberating photography experience.

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Pringles Macro lens photos on Flickr

There are quite a few photos on Flicr tagged with pringlesmacro now - in other words, photos done with our DIY macro-lens built out of a Pringles clan. If you don't use Flickr, you totally should. And if you do, why not tag your Pringles Macro photos so it gets added to that same gallery?

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