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January 20, 2021

Restoring Dehydrated Insects for Macro Photography

January 20, 2021/ Allan Walls
Restoring Dehydrated Insects for Macro Photography

Everything you need to restore dehydrated specimens for macro photography

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January 20, 2021/ Allan Walls/ 2 Comments
Best practices, Equipment, Insects, Macro photography, Technical advice
bug prep, restoration, cleaning, rehydration, relaxation, pepsin, hydrochloric acid, ammonium hydroxide, Brake cle, microscope, tweezers, brushes, tetrachloroethylene, cellosolve, Decon 90
January 12, 2021

El Nikkor 50mm f/2.8N Enlarger Lens

January 12, 2021/ Allan Walls
El Nikkor 50mm f/2.8N Enlarger Lens

Setting up and using the amazing El Nikkor 50mm f/2.8N enlarger lens.

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January 12, 2021/ Allan Walls/ 6 Comments
Best practices, Equipment, Extreme macro, Insects, Macro photography, Technical advice, Tips & Tricks
El Nikkor, Enlarger lens, El Nikkor 50mm f/2.8N, 50mm f/2.8, step up, step down, PB-6 bellows, reversing ring, reverse mount
January 03, 2021

StackShot - the unofficial setup guide - parts I & II

January 03, 2021/ Allan Walls
StackShot - the unofficial setup guide - parts I & II

Everything you need to set up your new StackShot!

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January 03, 2021/ Allan Walls/ 2 Comments
Best practices, Equipment, Macro photography, Opinions & musings, Technical advice
stackshot, setup, configuration, settings, modes, macro rail, automated rail, stackshot rail, Cognisys
November 22, 2020

Macro Photography Backgrounds

November 22, 2020/ Allan Walls
Macro Photography Backgrounds

You macro background can make or break your image!

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November 22, 2020/ Allan Walls/ 1 Comment
Best practices, DIY projects, Equipment, Macro Lighting, Macro photography, Technical advice, Tips & Tricks
Picture frame, macro backgrounds, backgrounds, color backgrounds, making backgrounds, DIY
October 24, 2020

Lighting Best Practices in Macro Photography

October 24, 2020/ Allan Walls
Lighting Best Practices in Macro Photography

My Best Practices for macro photography lighting - in the field and in the studio.

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Best practices, Equipment, Macro photography, Nature photography, Opinions & musings, Technical advice
Macro lighting, flash, natural light, field macro, field lighting, diffusion, reflectors, batteries, Eneloop AA
October 11, 2020

Flash in Photography - Part I

October 11, 2020/ Allan Walls
Flash in Photography - Part I

Capacitors and xenon flash tubes… the magic behind flash photography!

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October 11, 2020/ Allan Walls/ 1 Comment
Equipment, Best practices, General photography, Technical advice
flash, flash photography, photography lighting, history of flash, xenon, flash tube, flash capacitor, flash power, guide number
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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Best practices, Equipment, Indoor photography, Technical advice
studio lighting, LED lighting, lighting, LED panel, LED spot, LED price, LED drawbacks, LED macro
September 20, 2020

Fluorescent Lighting in Photography

September 20, 2020/ Allan Walls
Fluorescent Lighting in Photography

Everything you ever wanted to know about fluorescent lighting for photography!

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Equipment, General photography, Technical advice, Tips & Tricks, Best practices
fluorescent lighting, compact fluorescent, CFL, lighting, photographic lighting, lighting series
September 13, 2020

Tungsten - using incandescent lighting for photography

September 13, 2020/ Allan Walls
Tungsten - using incandescent lighting for photography

Understanding and using tungsten light light in your photography

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Best practices, Equipment, Technical advice, Tips & Tricks, Lighting
tungsten, halogen, incandescent, lighting, photographic lighting, lighting series, lighting otions
September 06, 2020

Natural Light Macro Photography

September 06, 2020/ Allan Walls
Natural Light Macro Photography

Learn how to use sunlight for macro photography

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Best practices, Macro photography, Tips & Tricks
macro, macro lighting, natural light
September 06, 2020

Natural Light - two - the color and direction of light

September 06, 2020/ Allan Walls
Natural Light - two - the color and direction of light

The color and direction of natural light, and how to use both in your outdoor photography

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Best practices, General photography, Tips & Tricks
natural light, light color, spectrum, directionality of light
September 05, 2020

Natural Light - the sun, the sensor, and dynamic range

September 05, 2020/ Allan Walls
Natural Light - the sun, the sensor, and dynamic range

Understanding natural light photography and working with dynamic range

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September 05, 2020/ Allan Walls/ Comment
Best practices, General photography, Tips & Tricks, Technical advice
photography, light, natural light, dynamic range, exposure, exposure bracketing, camera sensor
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
August 06, 2020

Beyond Infinity

August 06, 2020/ Allan Walls
Beyond Infinity

Understanding the variables in infinity corrected objective photography…

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Best practices, Equipment, Macro Lighting, Macro photography, Technical advice, Tips & Tricks, Extreme macro
imfinity objectives, high magnification, objectives, 10X, infinity corrected, infinity corrected objectives, microscope objectives, relay lens, tube lens, short focusing, short focus, Raynox, DCR-150, infinity space, extension tubes, bellows
July 23, 2020

Focus-stacking Artifacts

July 23, 2020/ Allan Walls
Focus-stacking Artifacts

Understanding focus-stacking artifacts - what they mean, and how to fix them.

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July 23, 2020/ Allan Walls/ Comment
Best practices, Extreme macro, Macro photography, Technical advice, Tips & Tricks
focus stacking, stacking artifacts, srtifacts, fringing, fring, halo, transparency, macro artifacts, Photoshop, stacking, slabbing, Zerene Stacker
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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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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Best practices, Equipment, Extreme macro, Indoor photography, Insects, Macro photography, Technical advice, Tips & Tricks
cleaning, insect cleaning, dry cleaning, cleaning bees, insect prep
June 20, 2020

Stacking & Stitching for High Resolution Macro Images

June 20, 2020/ Allan Walls
Stacking & Stitching for High Resolution Macro Images

In today’s video I take you through the process of building a very high definition macro photograph, from start to finish.

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Best practices, Camera settings, Editing, Extreme macro, Lightroom & Photoshop, Macro photography, Technical advice, Tips & Tricks
stacking, focus stacking, stack & stich, stitching, advanced, high res, high resolution, Photoshop, Zerene, insect prep
June 12, 2020

Slabbing in Zerene Stacker - advanced focus stacking techniques

June 12, 2020/ Allan Walls
Slabbing in Zerene Stacker - advanced focus stacking techniques

In this video I cover the alternative focus stacking workflow known as slabbing.

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Best practices, Editing, Extreme macro, Macro photography, Technical advice, Tips & Tricks
focus, focus stacking, slabbing, slab, selective stacking, sub-stack, batch processing, Zerene
May 30, 2020

Reversed Lens Photography

May 30, 2020/ Allan Walls
Reversed Lens Photography

Learn how to use a reversed lens to take amazing, high magnification photographs, virtually for free (if you have a camera and a lens - otherwise potentially very expensive).

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May 30, 2020/ Allan Walls/ 1 Comment
Best practices, Equipment, Macro photography, Technical advice, Tips & Tricks
reversed, reversed lens, adapters, lens adapters, step-up ring, step-down ring, compound lens, reversing ring, beginner
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