Posts by Author: David Prochnow
Using the World’s Smallest SLR Lens on a Mirrorless Camera
Talk about photographic strange bedfellows–attaching the world’s smallest SLR lens to a mirrorless camera is certainly appropriate for this moniker. But why on Earth would…
A Bolt Outta da Blue; Leave ’em in Stitches with Fabric Photographs
It’s a photographic match made in heaven. No negatives, no paper, no chemicals, and no darkroom, yet you can make huge enlargements that are picture…
Adapt a Sutton Water Filled Lens to Your Mirrorless Camera
Bundled inside the Lomography LomoMod No.1 cardboard camera kit (read our review here) is a completely self-contained lens system. Aperture, shutter mechanism, shutter speed adjustment,…
Focus Close, Real Close with Your Micro Four Thirds Camera Using a Bellows from the 1960s
Is your Micro Four Thirds camera lacking in the macro photography department? Do you need ultra-closeup photography and your macro lens equipped with a set…
Twist and Shout: Build a “Physically” Interactive Photographic Display
Turn your living room into a first-class photographic museum by installing an interactive display. No, this isn’t one of those “dime-a-dozen” convert a discarded digital…
Learn the Color of Color: Mastering the Art of Color Photography
Very few photographers have a true appreciation for the value of color photography as a valid artistic expression of reality. Certainly one of the pioneering…
Let the Sun Shine In: Build a Can-Cam and Take Four-Month-Long Exposures
Using a can-cam (i.e., a camera made from an aluminum can) is going to make you look a genius. In reality, however, this is the…
It’s a numbers Game and it will help Make You a Great Photographer, Again
Are you just not feeling that photographically inspired anymore? Maybe suffering from lens lethargy? Or, noticing that your exposures are empty, emotionless, indifferent images? Or,…
Rising from black & white ashes, Phoenix color triumphs with 11- x 14-inch prints
There’s a new color in town. And that’s the color produced by a brand new Harman Technology Limited color film emulsion. Christened Phoenix, or, more…
You can finally say, “cheese,” again, with some of this Wein
Congratulations; you’ve just purchased a vintage Gossen® Luna-Pro® light meter complete with Variable Angle Attachment, in near mint condition, for a ridiculously low price. You…
