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Double Exposures with the Ultra Wide and Slim - 24 Clicks

Hit Me With Your Best Shot, Or Throw it Away

How To Use The Konstruktor

How to Take Close-Up Shots With Your Lubitel 166+ That are IN FOCUS!

How to Make a Fully Functional 110 Film Developing Reel

For everyone who can’t get enough experimentation whether its quickie tricks to have fun with, tutorials, or some of the more daring camera modifications you’ll be hooked on the limitless new things to try with analogue you wont find in the user manual. The Tipster section is also home of Film Lab Rats section for those who like to burn, test, warp and do all other sorts of crazy things in and occasionally outside the darkroom. Submit a tipster now and read the submission guidelines.

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How to Take Close-Up Shots With Your Lubitel 166+ That are IN FOCUS!

As great as the Lubitel 166+ is, there is one major disadvantage: the minimum focusing distance. While 80cm is close enough at most occasions, sometimes I would like to get closer. The easy solution to this is using close up filters, but most people who use use them end up guessing the correct focusing distance. From now on, you no longer have to guesstimate, but you can actually focus your image using your viewing lens! Read on and find out how.

June 13, 2013 25 comments 38 likes
How to Make a Fully Functional 110 Film Developing Reel

Just last week I placed a bid on a lovely camera: a Pentax Auto 110. This small but very well built camera is the cutest and tiniest SLR I have ever seen. When I won the auction I started preparing for its arrival: buy some batteries, order some film, find a developing reel... And that's where I ran into trouble! As hard as I tried, I couldn't find a reel to develop 110 film, anywhere! So I had to pull up my sleeves and get dirty.

June 17, 2013 16 comments 17 likes
Use the Frame Area of your Fisheye to the Maximum: Make a Frame

Do you wanna use all the millimeters of space on your photo? Do you dream of getting interesting Fisheye images with a beautiful frame instead of a black space around the edges? Then this short tip is for you.

June 19, 2013 4 comments 26 likes

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Summer Photography: La Sardina Is For The Sun!

The sun is out there, and you know what is the best thing to use when the sun is out there? Yup, your trusty La Sardina! The 22mm lens is designed for a sunny day!

June 20, 2013
A Homemade Konstruktor Splitzer Tipster!

It's only been a week since the launch of the Konstruktor, but already talented Lomographers are discovering fun new ways to experiment and play with their creative camera. In this tipster, we take you through an easy way to create Splitzer shots with your Konstruktor, a technique already used by our Lomographic heroes Hodachrome and Earlybird.

June 20, 2013 2 likes
Use the Frame Area of your Fisheye to the Maximum: Make a Frame

Do you wanna use all the millimeters of space on your photo? Do you dream of getting interesting Fisheye images with a beautiful frame instead of a black space around the edges? Then this short tip is for you.

June 19, 2013 4 comments 26 likes
Tipster Recap: The LC-A Family!

The Lomography community's resident lab maniacs and analogue experiment addicts have been constantly pushing the envelope throughout the years. Let's check out the recent Tipsters they cooked up for the LC-A and its family after the jump!

June 19, 2013 2 likes
Redscale your Instax Pictures!

No matter what camera, subject, or weather conditions, redscale film has never let me down. And because I was looking for something special to do with my very first pack of instax, I decided I would try to get that redscale atmosphere I love so much. Turns out it's very easy and works rather well!

June 18, 2013 8 comments 17 likes
Double Exposures with the Ultra Wide and Slim - 24 Clicks

How to take double exposures using the Vivitar Ultra Slim and Wide

June 17, 2013 4 comments 11 likes
How to Make a Fully Functional 110 Film Developing Reel

Just last week I placed a bid on a lovely camera: a Pentax Auto 110. This small but very well built camera is the cutest and tiniest SLR I have ever seen. When I won the auction I started preparing for its arrival: buy some batteries, order some film, find a developing reel... And that's where I ran into trouble! As hard as I tried, I couldn't find a reel to develop 110 film, anywhere! So I had to pull up my sleeves and get dirty.

June 17, 2013 16 comments 17 likes
Mix It Up with Color(ful Flash Gels)

Most of us are familiar with using colored gels when using the flash on our trusty Lomo cameras, but why stop at just one color? This tipster will help you mix it up a little to achieve fun and vibrant results that will be different with every frame.

June 14, 2013 6 likes
Use your iPad as a Lightbox Negative Viewer

Using the Negative Viewer app on my iPad 4 makes drooling over FujiChrome Velvia much easier.

June 14, 2013 3 comments 11 likes
Hit Me With Your Best Shot, Or Throw it Away

You can't always keep what you've got. Learn how to become your best film critic, and mercilessly edit your shots to give yourself the best exposures.

June 13, 2013 16 likes
How to Take Close-Up Shots With Your Lubitel 166+ That are IN FOCUS!

As great as the Lubitel 166+ is, there is one major disadvantage: the minimum focusing distance. While 80cm is close enough at most occasions, sometimes I would like to get closer. The easy solution to this is using close up filters, but most people who use use them end up guessing the correct focusing distance. From now on, you no longer have to guesstimate, but you can actually focus your image using your viewing lens! Read on and find out how.

June 13, 2013 25 comments 38 likes
How To Use The Konstruktor

Once you have built your fantastic new Konstruktor camera, we're sure you'll be eager to start shooting with it. In this tutorial guide, we take you through the basics of how to load, how to take photos and how to rewind!

June 13, 2013 8 likes
How To Build The Konstruktor Camera

Are you the proud new owner of a Konstruktor camera? We bet you're looking forward to shooting some amazing photos with this 35mm SLR camera. In this guide we take you through all the steps in building the camera to make the DIY process easy-peasy!

June 13, 2013 19 likes
166+ Series #25: Tipster 166+ - Lubikin

What happens when you decide to use the Lubikin set in the Lubitel 166+? Well you have to care about some new “rules” and go! There’s nothing difficult and you have to play with your creativity. The cool feature of this variation of the use of the Lubitel 166+ is that it’s all in the box!

June 11, 2013 12 likes
Summer Photography: De-Colorize the Summer!

It’s summer now! Summer is all about blue sky, white clouds, colorful bikinis, tan skin, and wonderful colors. But how about we de-colorize all of this?

June 11, 2013 4 comments 5 likes
The" Velcro Mod" for Your Holga

You want to keep the back of your Holga on, but you don't want to deal with that sticky tape? Here's a simple solution.

June 10, 2013 5 likes
Perfectly Exposed, No Batteries Required

No exposure meter, no batteries, no problem; make perfectly exposed photos with this handy DIY exposure calculator.

June 06, 2013 12 comments 86 likes
DIY Redscale Film: Exposing the Wrong Side of the Film

If you have been researching on redscaling films, you might have come across “expose the wrong side of the film”, but what does that exactly mean? We will not go technical. Cut me some slack, this is going to be long for sure. It only means that the matte side of the film should be facing you when you load the film on your camera. Here’s how we will go about that.

June 06, 2013 9 comments 18 likes
How to Save Your Money and Films with 72 Lomographs in 1 Roll with LC-Wide

What will you do if your finger feels itchy for shooting, but you only have a roll and an LC-Wide ? Find out the answer after the jump!

June 05, 2013 5 comments 13 likes
Macro-Land: Full-Spectrum Nature

One of my favourite things to shoot with my trusty macro lens is plants and flowers. The depth of field you can get with a nice flower is just unbelievable, and it takes this small bit of nature and brings it up to a scale where we can appreciate it.

June 04, 2013 2 comments 9 likes