David Prochnow, Author at DIY Photography https://www.diyphotography.net/author/david-prochnow/ Your one stop shop for everything photo and video Wed, 09 Apr 2025 11:27:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.diyphotography.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cropped-favicon-32x32.png David Prochnow, Author at DIY Photography https://www.diyphotography.net/author/david-prochnow/ 32 32 Using the World’s Smallest SLR Lens on a Mirrorless Camera https://www.diyphotography.net/tiny-pentax-110-lens-on-a-mirrorless-camera/ https://www.diyphotography.net/tiny-pentax-110-lens-on-a-mirrorless-camera/#respond Wed, 09 Apr 2025 11:26:57 +0000 https://www.diyphotography.net/?p=294505 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...

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]]> https://www.diyphotography.net/tiny-pentax-110-lens-on-a-mirrorless-camera/feed/ 0 A Bolt Outta da Blue; Leave ’em in Stitches with Fabric Photographs https://www.diyphotography.net/large-scale-cyanotype-no-darkroom-needed/ https://www.diyphotography.net/large-scale-cyanotype-no-darkroom-needed/#respond Wed, 02 Apr 2025 10:59:29 +0000 https://www.diyphotography.net/?p=294236 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...

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]]> https://www.diyphotography.net/large-scale-cyanotype-no-darkroom-needed/feed/ 0 Adapt a Sutton Water Filled Lens to Your Mirrorless Camera https://www.diyphotography.net/adapt-a-sutton-water-filled-lens-to-your-mirrorless-camera/ https://www.diyphotography.net/adapt-a-sutton-water-filled-lens-to-your-mirrorless-camera/#respond Wed, 26 Mar 2025 09:06:58 +0000 https://www.diyphotography.net/?p=293719 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,...

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]]> https://www.diyphotography.net/adapt-a-sutton-water-filled-lens-to-your-mirrorless-camera/feed/ 0 Focus Close, Real Close with Your Micro Four Thirds Camera Using a Bellows from the 1960s https://www.diyphotography.net/focus-close-real-close-with-your-micro-four-thirds-camera-using-a-bellows-from-the-1960s/ https://www.diyphotography.net/focus-close-real-close-with-your-micro-four-thirds-camera-using-a-bellows-from-the-1960s/#comments Sat, 22 Mar 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.diyphotography.net/?p=293110 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...

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]]> https://www.diyphotography.net/focus-close-real-close-with-your-micro-four-thirds-camera-using-a-bellows-from-the-1960s/feed/ 1 Twist and Shout: Build a “Physically” Interactive Photographic Display https://www.diyphotography.net/twist-and-shout-build-a-physically-interactive-photographic-display/ https://www.diyphotography.net/twist-and-shout-build-a-physically-interactive-photographic-display/#respond Wed, 19 Mar 2025 11:43:30 +0000 https://www.diyphotography.net/?p=293347 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...

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]]> https://www.diyphotography.net/twist-and-shout-build-a-physically-interactive-photographic-display/feed/ 0 Learn the Color of Color: Mastering the Art of Color Photography https://www.diyphotography.net/learn-the-color-of-color-mastering-the-art-of-color-photography/ https://www.diyphotography.net/learn-the-color-of-color-mastering-the-art-of-color-photography/#respond Sun, 16 Mar 2025 15:47:00 +0000 https://www.diyphotography.net/?p=292739 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...

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]]> https://www.diyphotography.net/learn-the-color-of-color-mastering-the-art-of-color-photography/feed/ 0 Let the Sun Shine In: Build a Can-Cam and Take Four-Month-Long Exposures https://www.diyphotography.net/let-the-sun-shine-in-build-a-can-cam-and-take-four-month-long-exposures/ https://www.diyphotography.net/let-the-sun-shine-in-build-a-can-cam-and-take-four-month-long-exposures/#respond Wed, 05 Mar 2025 12:21:27 +0000 https://www.diyphotography.net/?p=292476 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...

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]]> https://www.diyphotography.net/let-the-sun-shine-in-build-a-can-cam-and-take-four-month-long-exposures/feed/ 0 It’s a numbers Game and it will help Make You a Great Photographer, Again https://www.diyphotography.net/its-a-numbers-game-and-it-will-help-make-you-a-great-photographer-again/ https://www.diyphotography.net/its-a-numbers-game-and-it-will-help-make-you-a-great-photographer-again/#respond Mon, 03 Mar 2025 12:23:37 +0000 https://www.diyphotography.net/?p=292398 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,...

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]]> https://www.diyphotography.net/its-a-numbers-game-and-it-will-help-make-you-a-great-photographer-again/feed/ 0 Rising from black & white ashes, Phoenix color triumphs with 11- x 14-inch prints https://www.diyphotography.net/rising-from-black-white-ashes-phoenix-color-triumphs-with-11-x-14-inch-prints/ https://www.diyphotography.net/rising-from-black-white-ashes-phoenix-color-triumphs-with-11-x-14-inch-prints/#respond Wed, 26 Feb 2025 11:49:39 +0000 https://www.diyphotography.net/?p=292178 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...

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]]> https://www.diyphotography.net/rising-from-black-white-ashes-phoenix-color-triumphs-with-11-x-14-inch-prints/feed/ 0 You can finally say, “cheese,” again, with some of this Wein https://www.diyphotography.net/you-can-finally-say-cheese-again-with-some-of-this-wein/ https://www.diyphotography.net/you-can-finally-say-cheese-again-with-some-of-this-wein/#comments Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:58:27 +0000 https://www.diyphotography.net/?p=291671 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...

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