For my newfound hobby, drone flying, I have been experimenting with alternative materials that can provide strength and shock resistance while minimizing weight. Initially, I tried manually 3D-printed mesh structures. They are very light and at first sight, also provide
Fixing regular shapes with with Sugru
If you don’t know Sugru, you are missing on one amazing DIY material: it’s like playdoh putty in consistency. It sticks to many materials like glue and dries out in 24hrs to a robust, yet flexible silicon rubber. It’s great
Building a Mosaic Tile Cutter with Lego EV3, Meccano and Dremel.
This summer I decided to revamp the staircase going to the garden. They were in bad shape and after some cement work I decided to seal the structure with tiles. The supports for the hand rail were on the way
Lego EV3 powered non-killing mouse trap
Mouse trap triggered with distance sensing and actuated with the ev3 servo
How the camera shutter works
I’ve seem tons of explanations of how the shutter works. This is particularly interesting when taking about flash photography when the so-called x-sync speed is the cutting limit of flash usage unless High speed sync (or similar techniques, like hyper-sync
Photography with CO2 Mist: Experimental notes
After seeing CO2 used in so many movies and shows as special effect, I thought of giving it a try myself to create a photo, so I went to a factory of industrial gasses and got a 10Kg bag of
Bookmark: Speedlite Flash Duration
If you are into high speed flash photography, knowing the duration of the flash burst at different power levels is vital to create a setup that will freeze the action of your chosen subject. I found on this blog an
Crafting an image with Pocket Wizard’s AC3 Controller
In this tutorial we are going to see how, step-by-step, we can build an image using the AC3 controller. Using the different channels we will be able to setup and enable each light independently, fine tune the light output in
Ezybox Hotshoe Review
I just noticed that the guys at Lastolite have a PDF copy of the Ezybox Hotshoe review I did many moons ago. Next to the product related content, it has also good tips on working on location with speedlites. Here’s
Free EOS Magazine sampler
I’m a regular contributor of EOS Magazine, a great source of information and technique about photography and video with your EOS camera and accessories. When EOS enthusiast see this magazine they get really excited, but you can’t find in the