For quite some time I’ve been wanting a mechanism to support a laptop in my truck. I’ve had a few different concepts in mind, from a wedge of foam to fill the passenger seat to various other not-so-great ideas. A week or two ago I saw a setup that intrigued me so I [...]
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July 15th, 2009
Custom Truck-Mounted Laptop Desk
May 9th, 2009
PVC Ringlight, Preliminary Sketch
***UPDATE*** Photos of the semi-finished rig are in my Flickr Stream. Full write up to come (eventually).
I know I’ve been promising a more detailed write up of my shooting table, but that’ll just have to wait. Currently I’m neck deep in designing a PVC Ring Light. Here’s the design so far…
I’ll be [...]
December 28th, 2008
Bokeh Shaping Video
As promised, my first video blog…
Here are some practical examples of the effect in action. I like it, but it’s something that could very quickly get out of hand.
I just noticed that when I was describing the dimensions of the cards, I said millimeters when I meant inches… not sure how made that [...]
November 10th, 2008
DIY Ring Light Build by Joe Holst
Holy mackeral… this is a beautiful DIY project from a guy named Joe Holst. I’ve been thinking about a light like this for a long time (I even have a ring cut and waiting under the house), but this trumps anything I’ve ever imagined.
One of the problems with DIY gear is that—unless it’s [...]