.foamcore 4×5 pinhole and planet creation.

More Do It Yourself stuff!

4×5 Foamcore Pinehole Camera

Creating a little planet out of a panorama

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Technorati : camera, digital, film, how-to, photography, photoshop, pinhole, tutorial

.lego pinhole.

Continuing on my recent pinhole links, here is how to make a medium format camera out of, you guessed it, LEGO’s! Pretty ingenious if you ask me and looks cool as well!

Lego Medium Format Pinhole Camera

Technorati : camera, film, how-to, lego, medium format, photography, pinhole, tutorial

.matchbox pinhole.

Check out the homemade pinhole camera using a matchbox and 2 film canisters.

Also, making a darkroom in your bathroom, and how to make contact prints.

You can find all that here thanks to dailydiy.com.

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Technorati : camera, film, how-to, photography, tutorial

.windex contact print.

Here is an odd procedure, contact printing using windex and blueprint paper. Check it out.

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Technorati : how-to, photo, photography, tutorial

.holga revisited.

Revisiting the holga effect, photoshop style. Here are some cool little action files you can play around with that holga feel you love so much. I’m also throwing in a Lomography action as well. They are hosted on Adobe’s Studio Exchange, so you will need to have an account with Adobe to be able to download them, no worries, the account is free. Don’t remember how to use actions? Check out the tutorial I wrote on actions, particularly the “Playing the Action” and “Loading a Downloaded Action” parts.

Holga Simulator
Old Toy Camera

Lomography Effect

Enjoy!

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Technorati : b&w, black and white, camera, digital, downloads, film, holga, how-to, medium format, photography, photoshop, photoshop actions

.hawaii photos.

Here are some shots from my Hawaii vacation. Decided to quickly throw them up on carbonmade.

Click here for the gallery

Feel free to leave comments here in this post on the photos. Thanks for taking the time to check them out.

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Technorati : digital, gallery, hawaii, photo, photography

.carbonmade.

Here is a cool site you should check out. Carbonmade lets you set up a relatively easy gallery. A free account gives you 5 projects, with 30 total images hosted. It’s not alot, but its a fun way to share family photos, vacation photos, etc. I love the sleek feel to the galleries. And heck, it’s free, why not give it a spin?

Check out the quick gallery i set up.
.idreaminred.’s Carbonmade Gallery

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Technorati : exhibit, gallery, photo, photography

.holga.

Holga cameras for those that don’t know are basically toy cameras, made out of alot of plastic, and interestingly enough, use medium format film. Alot of people like the holga because it’s the cheapest way to get into medium format, and the plastic lens creates a unique look.

Well Holgamods has an option for dSLR owners wanting that holga lens effect. They have attached a holga lens to a body cap. A little pricey in my opinion, but still pretty cool.

Check them out

Want to attempt the holga effect digitally? Check out this post then.

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Technorati : camera, medium format, photography, holga

.paper pinhole camera.

Lighthouse in a Tree updated the Dirkon 35mm paper pinhole camera which was made to look like a regular camera, by giving it a snazzy design!

The design is given free in a PDF, print it, cut it, and even follow their video of how to assemble it.

Download plans here

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Technorati : camera, film, photography

.new files.

The other day i was messing around with photoshop, and I figured I would make some files for my readers that they may find useful. Two of them are for the cross-processed film look, E6 in C41 chemistry and vice versa. The other file is an actions file where I attempted to record the process of having a split-tone effect.

Downloading
There is a password you need to enter to grab these files. It is “idreaminred” without the quotes.
C41 in E6 Cross Process Curve file
E6 in C41 Cross Process Curve file
Split toning Actions file

Installing
Curve files – Just put these anywhere, just as long as you can find them when you need them. When you open up a new curves dialog in photoshop, there will be a button labeled “load”, just click that, and locate the file.
Action files – Check out the actions tutorial I wrote here. Look towards the bottom and you will see how to install an action file.

Using
Cross process curve files – I suggest loading them in an adjustment layer rather than a regular curves dialog, that way you can adjust the opacity to change the effect to your liking. Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Curves
Action file – just follow the directions when you run the action.

If you download and enjoy the files, please drop me a comment here, that way I know I’m not just wasting my time.

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Technorati : b&w, color, curves, downloads, photography, photoshop, photoshop actions