DIY Cardboard Cloud Bookshelf
http://youtu.be/I2lv1yLDhF0 I recently made a bookshelf out of cardboard. When I told people I was working on it they looked confused, but the bookshelf is surprisingly strong and has no problem holding up to the weight I've put it under so far. [learn_more...
How to: Animated GIF
Nothing is more frustrating to me when someone takes 15 minutes to explain something that could be done in 1 minute. Recently, I was making some animated GIFs and looked up tutorials online that were very slow, the...
How to | DIY Speedlight Beauty Dish
Let me start this blog post by saying you can pick up a beauty dish from Amazon for $89 by clicking here. But if you're a savy DIY-er you may want to try your hand and making one on your own. My original idea was to make a video tutorial on how I...
How to | Play “In My Life” on the piano
I'm just learning to play the piano, and with John Lennon's birthday yesterday I thought I might share one of the few songs I know how to play. I learned how to play it on some random video site that had horrible video quality, split the song into two separate videos,...
How to | Custom Bokeh Shapes
UPDATE: I created a more in-depth class on this subject because so many people had questions about this effect. Take the course here: http://skl.sh/2jGvWNy I've seen this effect used in some wedding photographer's images with the heart shaped bokeh (blur) is in the...
How to | Chia Fresca (Iskiate)
I decided to share a wonderful drink I discovered when reading Born to Run. It's called Iskiate in the book and is otherwise known as Chia Fresca. It's main ingredient is the same Chia seed that you used to grow your Chia pet as a child, or maybe even as an adult. The...
How to | Flying the “Milk Run”
This isn't really a "How to," but thought it would be more appropriate than the "Blog" title. Above is a video where I talk about the flight over the track log in Google Earth - hope it's not as boring as that sounds. I'll go ahead and apologize for no in-flight...
How to | iPhone Photography HDR
Here is a quick video that shows how I took a photo with my iPhone 3GS for my 365 day photoblog. I took it on New England Road at sunset and I took it not only because the sun was setting but also for the location and conditions. What I mean is the fact I was on top...