DIY: Camera Flash Softbox
Diffusing light is the key to warm, soft shots. If you do a lot of portrait photography then you know how valuable a softbox can be, but the cost can sometimes be prohibitive. You can add a white card to your flash to diffuse light, buy a diffusing cap for your flash or you can [...]
DIY: FlashRing
Adding a ring flash to your DSLR is a real nice way off adding a soft glow to your portrait images. Problem is that professional ring flashes can cost you a lot of money. DIYPhotography.com has a simple solution if you want to play around with a ring flash but aren’t ready to commit the [...]
Photoshop On Your iPhone
10 years ago most of us would struggle with not only the cost of Photoshop but the cost of the hardware needed just to run it let alone do anything with it. Amazingly enough in todays day and age you can now carry Photoshop in your pocket. Alright, alright, it’s not CS3 or anything it’s [...]
Photoshop For The iPhone
Photoshop has come to the iPhone, not quite the full version but really cool never-the-less. As a heavy user of the desktop version of Photoshop I was quite disapointed to find the iPhone version was, let’s just say, thin. No layers, no brushes and no levels. Just a whole crap load of filters. You can [...]
Duplicate Keys From An Image
Think your keys are safe on your desk? Think again. Computer programmers at UC San Diego have created some software that can pose a serious threat. Dubbed “Sneakey”, it can analyze an image (not even a good one) of a key from almost any angle and create an exact replica. In the picture above, the [...]
New MacBook Pro Or Wannabe MacBook Pro
I agree with all the Mac faithful in this world. We need a new MacBook Pro (now that I just purchased a fully loaded on a few weeks ago) but this has to be one of the worst photoshop jobs I have ever seen. Bad clone stamping everywhere, janky right corner, the dock seems to [...]
XBMC ‘Atlantis’ Beta 1 Released
The uber cool open source media center application Xbox Media Center (XBMC) has just release the first beta of XBMC Atlantis for all platforms (Windows, OS X, Linux, Xbox, and even on a live cd or thumb drive). Don’t let the beta status scare you, these guys are really close to brining this to production. [...]
DIY Pong Clock
This great geek Pong Clock comes to us via the Make Flickr photo pool. User Funnypolynomial decided to put an old laptop to a good use and build his very own Pong Clock like we have seen floating around the net this pas week. I rescued an old Thinkpad ages ago and began a project [...]
Apple Sept 08 Event: Wrap Up
Now that the “Let’s Rock” even has come and gone, let’s take a look at what Apple has brought into our laps. HD TV Shows Right off the bat Steve announced the arrival of HD TV shows to the iTunes store. The shows will cost you $2.99 a pop (instead of the $1.99 you pay [...]
HTC Dream Photos Leaked
Engadget seems to have gotten their hands on some snaps of what seems to be the HTC Dream. It also seems to match up with the FCC documents of the premier Android device that made the rounds of the net a few weeks ago. The unit comes with both a touch screen and a [...]
DIY: Pringles Can Macro Tube
Most photo buffs know they key to get a great shot of something up close is to use a macro lens. Unfortunately not every one has big bucks to spend on a piece of glass to achieve this. This is why the Pringles can macro tube hack is perfect for those on a tight budget. [...]
How To: Make An Invisible License Plate
Here is another take on using IR lights to blind a camera, this time a photo-radar camera no-less. I’m not really sure on how well this would work for you, and it’s probably highly illegal, but if you want to try it for your own educational purposes go ahead. All you really need are some [...]
MacBundleBox: 15 Apps, $50
It’s time for another Mac bundle deal, this time MacBundleBox is offering 15 Mac apps for $49.95. That’s an 85% discount overall. The apps included in the package are: Headline – A full-featured RSS/ATOM feed reader with an ultra-minimal UI. Mac Pilot 3 – A system optimization and customization utility. iConquer – A game not [...]
DIY: Softbox
By Frank on Sep 26, 2008 · Leave a Comment
A Softbox is used to create soft diffused light by directing light through a white diffusing material. Photographers choose to use a softbox because it help to create a nice soft even light on a given object. A Softbox can generally run you some serious coin, but with the help of this DIY project you [...]
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