Spider Web Trees Under The Street Lights

It was somewhat rainy, wet, and the trees in the glow of the street light made them appeared as if they were made of spiderwebs.

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Video - Shoulder Rig DIY Equipment For Around $10!

Over at the Slanted Lens youtube channel, Jay P Morgan and crew show you how to construct their version of a shoulder rig to mount/steady your dslr camera when doing video shoots!

Head over to the Slanted Lens channel for other great tutorials and" how to's" for both video and still photography.



(bonus! Here is Dave "Knoptop" of QuickFx and his version for $15. Don't forget to go to his channel and subscribe for more great ideas!)



You can do a quick google search for other variations on the same theme.  If you come up with something better that works for you I'd love to see pics, and I'll include them on this blog post!

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Video $25 and $30 DIY DSLR Camera Cranes / Jib !

Over at Oliviatech they've created an awesome video/dslr video crane or "jib", and it only costs $25! With the $25 mini camera crane you can create some great shots when shooting video or even get a different viewpoint when shooting stills.  Overall the crane is just some aluminum square tubing, some 90 degree angle pieces,  a quick release mount, and some other bits of hardware.  Check out the video below!
(don't forget to subscribe to her channel too for more great videos!)


Now if you're looking for something a little more robust, larger and just $5 more and just as portable(the original version) for an even more "awesomely epic" dslr crane / jib.  You'll want to head over to the Frugal Film Makers Channel /site and check out the Frugal Camera Jib and the upgraded 2.0 version! Check out the videos below!  I'm subscribed, and you should to, to both the Frugral Film Makers youtube channel as well as his blog.  Now get out there and take some pictures and video!

The Original


Version 2.0


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Video - Shoot With Cheap Fluorescent Lights And NO Flicker!

Youtuber and photographer Photo Joe Edelman has a couple of videos up on his youtube channel, a channel you should really subscribe to, on how to shoot with cheap Fluorescent Lights! Yes, the kind you get at home depot and traditionally the ones that flicker and hum like crazy.  Professional photography fluoro lights that correct the flickr issue can run $3000.00 or more!

The trick? Just shoot with a shutter speed of 1/125 or slower!  What a great idea, not to mention Joe shows ya how to use em.  Check out the videos below.  The "trick", which I already gave away, is at the end of the 2nd video but Joe has some other tips for shooting with fluorescent lights. Don't forget to checkout his youtube channel and subscribe!





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Video : Fix Your Broken Lens With Peanut Butter (Lid)!

Ok you can't actually fix your lens with the peanut butter itself, but the jar that it comes in!  Casey Neistat was shooting one afternoon and the unthinkable happened, he dropped his camera.  Judging by the video below, he had set his camera up in a precarious position, not even very high, and gravity won out and hit camera tumbled and smacked right on the edge of his lens.  The result was a broken built in lens hood.

Now your average joe might panic, and send the lens in for some costly repair, but Casey decided to just head down to the local super market, grab an appropriate sized jar of peanut butter (and jelly in this case) and do a little diy and fixed his lenses lens hood.

The video is of how he created his new lens hood and the story of what happened.  It's a nice little video and reminds us that, with a little know how and some tools, we can repair our equipment and save a little money in the process.  Be sure to check out Casey's Youtube channel and subscribe if you like what you see there!



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Camera Platform based on LEGO !

So a while ago I saw this posted up on youtube.  It's a video demo of a camera mounting system that is built using the lego minstorms system as a camera base and automation setup.

I really would like to build one of these and use it for dslr video, panoramas, timelapse, etc.  Also with the ability to actually program the "base" you could potentially create some very nice dslr timelapse videos using this and a diy slider system.  You might even be able to tie into the system for automating the slider motion as well! The only drawback I see is that the left to right automation of this seems to be a bit "jerky" and not very smooth, unlike when they do the up and down motion, but that might be just a gear issue that could be solved fairly easy I think.

Take a look at the video below and let your mind just think of the possibilities!

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