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October 29, 2024

Making Good Pictures of Bad Insects

October 29, 2024/ Allan Walls
Making Good Pictures of Bad Insects

How to photograph imperfect insects and the Laowa Aurogon revisited.

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October 29, 2024/ Allan Walls/ Comment
Best practices, Indoor photography, Insects
Aurogon, insects, Portulaca
June 10, 2024

Let There Be (Continuous) Light

June 10, 2024/ Allan Walls
Let There Be (Continuous) Light

Continuous lighting - all week long - everything you ever wanted to know

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June 10, 2024/ Allan Walls/ 1 Comment
Indoor photography, Gear
continuous lighting, macro lighting, Optolux Solis
November 30, 2020

White Background Macro Photography

November 30, 2020/ Allan Walls
White Background Macro Photography

Learn to shoot closeups with perfect white backgrounds!

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November 30, 2020/ Allan Walls/ Comment
Indoor photography, Insects, Macro photography, Technical advice, Tips & Tricks, Macro Lighting
Macro backgrounds, backgrounds, white, pure white, background lighting, editing backgrounds, Lightroom backgrounds
November 11, 2020

DIY Fiber Optic Flash

November 11, 2020/ Allan Walls
DIY Fiber Optic Flash

The coolest thing I have invented this week!

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November 11, 2020/ Allan Walls/ 3 Comments
Macro photography, Macro Lighting, Technical advice, Tips & Tricks, DIY projects, Indoor photography
fiber optic, fiber, flash, DIY, cable
November 04, 2020

Shooting an Album Cover

November 04, 2020/ Allan Walls
Shooting an Album Cover

How to shoot an album cover - from start to finish.

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Equipment, Indoor photography, Technical advice, Tips & Tricks
album cover, composite, guitar images, studio flash, Paul C. Buff, Nikkor 24-70mm, D850
September 27, 2020

LED Lighting for Photography

September 27, 2020/ Allan Walls
LED Lighting for Photography

LED as a photographic light source. Worth the $$?

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September 27, 2020/ Allan Walls/ Comment
Best practices, Equipment, Indoor photography, Technical advice
studio lighting, LED lighting, lighting, LED panel, LED spot, LED price, LED drawbacks, LED macro
August 26, 2020

Lighting for Photography - part 1 - What is Light?

August 26, 2020/ Allan Walls
Lighting for Photography - part 1 - What is Light?

Photography is all about getting the light right - so is this video series!

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Best practices, General photography, Indoor photography, Lighting, Technical advice
light, science of light, physics of light, understanding light, lighting series, selecting light
July 30, 2020

Using Water Drops as Lenses

July 30, 2020/ Allan Walls
Using Water Drops as Lenses

Making tiny lenses out of water drops.

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Camera settings, DIY projects, Indoor photography, Just for fun, Still Life Macro, Tips & Tricks
water drop, water lens, creative, refraction, abstract, artistic, fun
July 14, 2020

Ultraviolet Macro Photography - a primer

July 14, 2020/ Allan Walls
Ultraviolet Macro Photography - a primer

An introduction to ultraviolet induced visible fluorescence photography for macro shooters.

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July 14, 2020/ Allan Walls/ Comment
Indoor photography, Lighting, Macro Lighting, Macro photography, Technical advice, Tips & Tricks
UV, ultraviolet, UV photography, advanced, macro lighting, fluorescence, advanced technique, special lighting
July 01, 2020

The Magic of Light and Water

July 01, 2020/ Allan Walls
The Magic of Light and Water

Photographing light and water - a complete tutorial.

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Camera settings, Indoor photography, Just for fun, Lighting, Tips & Tricks, Technical advice
liquid, water, drops, wine, splash, freezing motion, compositing, internal reflection, lighting liquids, tank, hose, side lighting, back lighting
June 25, 2020

Circle of Confusion 2 - water drops, objectives, and pre-stack editing

June 25, 2020/ Allan Walls
Circle of Confusion 2 - water drops, objectives, and pre-stack editing

Circle of Confusion #2 - more questions from viewers!

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June 25, 2020/ Allan Walls/ Comment
Best practices, Equipment, Indoor photography, Technical advice, Tips & Tricks, Editing, Lightroom & Photoshop
water drops, photo editing, macro stacking, stacking, pre-stack, microscope, objective, questions, answers, Q&A, enlarger lens, finite, infinite, xanthan gum, magnification
June 24, 2020

The Circle of Confusion - Chapter One

June 24, 2020/ Allan Walls
The Circle of Confusion - Chapter One

An alternative bellows focusing technique and a tip for grooming your insect!

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June 24, 2020/ Allan Walls/ Comment
Best practices, Equipment, Extreme macro, Indoor photography, Insects, Macro photography, Technical advice, Tips & Tricks
cleaning, insect cleaning, dry cleaning, cleaning bees, insect prep
May 26, 2020

Blending In - a Photoshop tutorial

May 26, 2020/ Allan Walls
Blending In - a Photoshop tutorial

How to seamlessly blend an orchid with its background in Photoshop

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May 26, 2020/ Allan Walls/ Comment
Best practices, Editing, General photography, Indoor photography, Lightroom & Photoshop, Still Life Macro, Tips & Tricks
blend, blending, PS, Photoshop, blending techniques, color blending, backgrounds, editing
May 04, 2020

Photographing Reflective Jewelry

May 04, 2020/ Allan Walls
Photographing Reflective Jewelry

Photographing highly reflective surfaces, especially in jewelry, is not easy. I make it look even harder!

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May 04, 2020/ Allan Walls/ Comment
Indoor photography, Tips & Tricks, Best practices
jewelry, reflective, precious stones, opal photography
April 17, 2020

Back to Macro - My studio workflow

April 17, 2020/ Allan Walls
Back to Macro - My studio workflow

Join me as I run through my entire focus stacking workflow - start to finish.

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April 17, 2020/ Allan Walls/ Comment
Camera settings, Indoor photography, Insects, Macro photography, Technical advice, Tips & Tricks
macro, focus stacking, worklow, microscope objectives, insects, leaf hopper, backlighting, Stackshot, Cognisys, macro flash, focusing rail
March 23, 2020

Playing with Food - fun compositing for beginners!

March 23, 2020/ Allan Walls
Playing with Food - fun compositing for beginners!

Grab a camera, an onion, and an orange and meet me at the dining room table for some full-contact compositing!

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March 23, 2020/ Allan Walls/ Comment
Indoor photography, Just for fun
compositing, Photoshop, Lightroom, tutorial
March 19, 2020

Polaroids & Models

March 19, 2020/ Allan Walls
Polaroids & Models

This video actually has nothing to do with this kind of polaroid…

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March 19, 2020/ Allan Walls/ Comment
Indoor photography, Best practices
polaroid, fashion, model, modeling, beauty, advertising agency
March 11, 2020

Photoshop Foolishness & Juggling

March 11, 2020/ Allan Walls
Photoshop Foolishness & Juggling

Photography for non-jugglers - fun with Photoshop!

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March 11, 2020/ Allan Walls/ Comment
Editing, General photography, Indoor photography, Just for fun, Tips & Tricks
compositing, Photoshop, camera, juggling
March 03, 2020

Mirror Mirror - using mirrors for creative product photography

March 03, 2020/ Allan Walls
Mirror Mirror - using mirrors for creative product photography

How to photograph objects on a mirrored surface - every step explained!

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March 03, 2020/ Allan Walls/ Comment
Indoor photography, Best practices
product photography, flash photography, reflectors, mirror, backdrops
February 26, 2020

Macro Photography with Speedlights and the Macro Lighting Cage

February 26, 2020/ Allan Walls
Macro Photography with Speedlights and the Macro Lighting Cage

Learn how to use multiple speedlights for indoor macro photography.

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February 26, 2020/ Allan Walls/ 2 Comments
Best practices, Indoor photography, DIY projects
macro, speedlight, flash, lighting cage, insect, pinning, focus stack
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