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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
August 29, 2020

How a salvaged scanner lens becomes a macro lens for your phone

August 29, 2020/ Allan Walls
How a salvaged scanner lens becomes a macro lens for your phone

Turn a salvaged flatbed scanner into a macro lens for you phone!

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DIY projects, Equipment, Macro photography, Technical advice, Tips & Tricks, Salvaged equipment
macro lens, scanner lens, salvage, copier lens, DIY, repurposed, iPhone lens, phone lens, phone macro
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
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 06, 2020

Macro Cage Adaptations - for high magnification focus stacking

June 06, 2020/ Allan Walls
Macro Cage Adaptations - for high magnification focus stacking

Latest macro cage modifications, the launch of The Cage Project, and a new macro lighting technique demonstrated.

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June 06, 2020/ Allan Walls/ 3 Comments
DIY projects, Equipment, Extreme macro, Lighting, Macro Lighting, Technical advice, Tips & Tricks
flocking, macro cage, macro, cage, stacking, high magnification, DIY, lighting cage, macro lighting, adaptations, modification, the Cage Projects
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
May 21, 2020

The DIY Macro Stepper

May 21, 2020/ Allan Walls
The DIY Macro Stepper

Have you ever thought of giving extreme macro photography a try, but never did because you couldn’t justify purchasing an automated focus rail? If so, this is a video you should watch.

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May 21, 2020/ Allan Walls/ 2 Comments
DIY projects, Equipment, Extreme macro, Macro photography, Salvaged equipment, Technical advice
DIY, manual steper, focus stack, manual, focus stepping, gears, manual rail, modification
May 13, 2020

Going Deep Again!

May 13, 2020/ Allan Walls
Going Deep Again!

Part two in our series on extreme macro photography using infinity corrected microscope objectives. A lot more fun than it sounds like!

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May 13, 2020/ Allan Walls/ 2 Comments
Best practices, Equipment, Macro photography, Technical advice, Extreme macro, Tips & Tricks, Advanced
macro photography, microscope objectives, macro problems, slabbing, focus stacking, focusing rail, internal reflections, objectives, macro troubleshooting
May 06, 2020

Going Deep - Part I - extreme macro photography with infinity corrected microscope objectives

May 06, 2020/ Allan Walls
Going Deep - Part I - extreme macro photography with infinity corrected microscope objectives

Unlocking the magic of super-high magnification macro photography!

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May 06, 2020/ Allan Walls/ 8 Comments
Advanced, Best practices, Equipment, Extreme macro, Macro photography, Technical advice, Tips & Tricks
Nikon, Nikon Plan Achromat, 10X, high magnification, microscope, objective, optics, infinity, corrected, relay lens, tube lens
April 20, 2020

The guy with a butterfly net...

April 20, 2020/ Allan Walls
The guy with a butterfly net...

Catching, sorting, and shooting REALLY tiny insects - the movie.

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April 20, 2020/ Allan Walls/ 4 Comments
Beginner, Best practices, Equipment, Insects, Macro photography, Tips & Tricks
insect prep, preparing insects, catching, storing, bug, catching bugs, net, alcohol, washing, cleaning, container, microscope, fresh insects
March 17, 2020

Focus Stacking Hardware

March 17, 2020/ Allan Walls
Focus Stacking Hardware

Need help choosing the best macro focusing rail for the money? Read on.

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March 17, 2020/ Allan Walls/ Comment
Macro photography, Equipment
focus rail, macro focus, Stackshot, Manfrotto 545, manual focus
March 08, 2020

Extreme Magnification Macro Photography

March 08, 2020/ Allan Walls
Extreme Magnification Macro Photography

High magnification begins with a microscope objective…

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March 08, 2020/ Allan Walls/ 8 Comments
Advanced, Best practices, Equipment, Extreme macro, Macro photography, Product review, Technical advice, Tips & Tricks
extreme, macro, microscope, objectives, infinity, finite, AmScope, objective, extension tubes, adapters, magnification, Nikon
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