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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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August 29, 2020/ Allan Walls/ Comment
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 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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August 26, 2020/ Allan Walls/ Comment
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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August 06, 2020/ Allan Walls/ Comment
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
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 02, 2020

The Sharpness Paradox

July 02, 2020/ Allan Walls
The Sharpness Paradox

Sharpness and aperture explained!

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July 02, 2020/ Allan Walls/ Comment
Camera settings, General photography, Technical advice
sharpness, circle of confusion, theory, pixel, sensor, advanced, edge contrast, contrast
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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July 01, 2020/ Allan Walls/ Comment
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
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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June 20, 2020/ Allan Walls/ Comment
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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June 12, 2020/ Allan Walls/ Comment
Best practices, Editing, Extreme macro, Macro photography, Technical advice, Tips & Tricks
focus, focus stacking, slabbing, slab, selective stacking, sub-stack, batch processing, Zerene
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 17, 2020

Back to Basics - The Bellows

May 17, 2020/ Allan Walls
Back to Basics - The Bellows

Learn how to use the camera bellows for macro photography.

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May 17, 2020/ Allan Walls/ 2 Comments
Best practices, Macro photography, Technical advice, Tips & Tricks
Bellows, PB-6, Macro photography, magnification ratio, beginner
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 29, 2020

A Macro Quickie - posing spiders

April 29, 2020/ Allan Walls
A Macro Quickie - posing spiders

How to get a 2mm spider to pose for his portrait!

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April 29, 2020/ Allan Walls/ Comment
Beginner, Best practices, Extreme macro, Macro photography, Technical advice
spiders, staging, posing, posing spiders, prep, insect prep, pinning, pin, insect pin, foamboard, microscope, dissecting microscope
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 28, 2020

Zerene Stacker - My Workflow

March 28, 2020/ Allan Walls
Zerene Stacker - My Workflow

Learn how to process your focus stacked images using Zerene Stacker.

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March 28, 2020/ Allan Walls/ 2 Comments
Best practices, Insects, Macro photography, Technical advice, Tips & Tricks
Zerene Stacker, focus stacking, extreme macro, macro editing
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