Hot Photography How-Tos
How To: Convert a polaroid super shooter into a pinhole camera
Watch this two part video series to learn how to convert a polaroid super shooter or colorpack camera into a pinhole camera. This video demonstrates how to strip the camera down and make a tripod mount. This is for the 3.25x4.25 pack film cameras: Polaroid 667, 672, 664, 690 and Fuji film FP-100, FP-3000 instant films. The 80 series/square shooters will not work. To determine if your camera will work, measure lengthwise across the back. 17 cm will work, 15 cm will not.
How To: Make a backdrop for photo shoots
This is a great video on how to make your own backdrop for photography shoots.
How To: make alternative tripods
Where was this video when I needed it? Bag of rice. Water bottle. 1/4 bolt with #20 thread. String.
How To: Photograph a nude man
Learn how to photograph the beauty of the male form. We will show some of the things you will need to know to take great shots of the male nude…from finding models, to posing, composition, and lighting. Photograph a nude man.
How To: Take beach photos
Holiday snaps on the beach can look brilliant; this video tells you how. Take beach photos.
How To: Take portrait photos
Capturing a portrait of somebody is one of the hardest things to get right, and is therefore the reason why professional photographers are in such demand to shoot good portraits. The trick is to remember that it is as much about recording the subject's personality as it is about simply photographing their face. Here's how to do it well. Take portrait photos.
How To: Sleeveface
It's the new phenomenon that's sweeping the internet! It's Sleeveface. Just take an old vinyl record sleeve, cover a part of your body, and snap a photo. Instant art!
How To: Photograph a nude woman
Learn how to photograph the beauty of the female form. We will show some of the things you will need to know to take great, tasteful shots of the female nude…from finding models, to posing, composition, and lighting. Photograph a nude woman.
How To: Photograph Christmas lights
Capture the magic of the holidays with these tips on how to properly snap pictures of holiday lights with a digital camera.
How To: Set up a darkroom
Lanie McCormick tells you all of the equipment you need, then explains how to set it up for maximum efficiency while printing your photos. Wondering what kind of enlarger to buy?
How To: Develop your own film
Whatever your particular bent on the art of photography may be, learn how to use the darkroom as one of your tools for developing and printing beautiful pictures. Our expert will walk you through the step-by-step process for developing film, including removing the film from the cassette, loading it on a spool, using the proper agitation method, prewetting, and the push-pull process.
How To: Digitally photograph lightning
How to take pictures with your digital camera of lightning. What settings must be used on your camera to avoid noise. Also if you have noisy long exposures how to remove the junk in Photoshop.
How To: Make alternative tripods
Chris Bailey of Creativity to Spare gives us a few alternative options for tripods.
How To: Make a no-sew fabric pet portrait
Lori Marie Johnson shows how to make an easy no-sew fabric portrait of your pet. Materials needed are a photo of pet, tracing paper, freezer paper, thin marker, scissors
How To: Shoot high speed photographs
Learn how to do high speed photography with Bre Pettis. To do high speed photography correctly, you need to link a strobe to your camera as shown by Mr. Pettis of Make Magazine. Then you can create cool pictures just like him.
How To: Position the subject relative to the light source
Jerry Hyman has been interested in photography since he was 13 years old, and is a former professional photographer. n the premiere episode of Woven Shadows, Jerry describes the importance of positioning the subject of a photo relative to the light source.
How To: Capture the perfect picture using your camera
Want to take the perfect photograph and apply it to your next scrapbooking project? Learn four simple rules of thumb in taking your next photo; Crop out the abstract images, get up close and personal with your object, change the angle and follow the rule of thirds. Don't just take the ordinary picture, but capture the moment in time. Capture the perfect picture using your camera.
How To: Make a pinhole camera and darkroom
Learn how to take photographs without a lens and develop film in your bathroom. Taken from the masters of the "weekend project", Bre Pettis and Make Magazine, you are sure to get some entertainment out of creating a camera and darkroom. Make sure to download the PDF to get all the details.
How To: Make a kite aerial photography rig
Learn how to explore the world of photography from a kite's point of view with this aerial photography rig (also known as KAP). Bre Pettis and the accomplished guys at Make Magazine decide to use a VEX robotics kit to do the job.
How To: Make photo blocks
Gather your piles of photos, it's time to put 'em to use. Forget about simple frames, learn how to put your photos on blocks instead!
How To: Use 35mm SLR cameras
In this video series our expert, Fred Norwood, will not only show you the different components of a 35mm camera and how to use it but he will also show you how to load the film and when and how to use certain types of other cameras. Certain cameras are used for certain things in certain places and you will learn when it is best to use a tripod as well as the benefits to disposable cameras.
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