Tips and Tricks! Here are the ones you absolutely must read, so we've selected them for you. The main magazine Tipster Section awaits you for more how-to tipster fun.
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★ Microclicks
A meticulous technique, learn to make such microclics after the jump!
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★ Macro Tip: It's a Small World
Sometimes you want to get crazy close to your subject or capture minute details. Here are a few tips to help you out.
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★ Shooting at the Beach, my Favorite Tips
Shooting at the beach can be a challenge. I will share some of my secrets I use for fixed, pinhole and full manual cameras.
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★ Redscale Your Prints By Using Instant Coffee and Tea
This is a very simple tutorial to make your Lomo prints looks like you shoot it with redscale film with just using coffee and some tea.
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★ New Belair X 6-12 How-To Videos
We have some fresh Belair X 6-12 how-to videos to show you just how it's done. Watch them after the jump!
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★ Achieving That Motion Blur Effect Using Your Horizon Camera
The objective of this quickie tipster is to increase the possibilities of having motion blur on your Horizon shots. How? Read on!
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★ Making the Most Out of 120 films: Use the Natural Instinct
See what you see This is what I think about whenever I walk down the street. When you see something, your instinct should tell you to shoot. I will introduce some tips when you use full potential of medium format camera and films:)
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★ Basics Applied: The Diana F+
From Back to Basics where we looked at the science behind photography, here we apply it to specific cameras. This month, why getting the right film for your Diana F+ can make the big difference between good and bad results.
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★ Bottle Lomo
A little idea for how to display your Lomos.
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★ My Belair X 6-12 Light Painting Party
Last weekend while we were baking Christmas cookies with friends (it’s very common to do these baking sessions here in Austria!), we had fun doing some light paintings with the Belair X 6-12! Here’s how I shot the photos…
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★ Taking Back Tipsters: Fun with Film for the Holidays
Now that the Holiday season is upon us, we understand that most of us are now pressed to make those Christmas photos even more interesting and memorable. To the rescue, we have compiled a list of tipsters showing how you can have fun with film, especially at this time of the year!
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★ Self Portraits - Fun with Instax Mini!
If you're like me and love taking self portraits, this article is for you! Read my tips after the jump!
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★ Life's Daily Photo Walk with MX Skills
this one is really easy. It's something you can easily try within all the techniques from MX. You can basically snap whatever you want, and you can create very unique shots! You just need to know how to MX it :)
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★ Making the Most of 120 Film: 16 Square Photos
A quick tipster on how to have 16 square frame photos when using the Holga or Diana.
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★ 5 Top Tips For Shooting With The Belair X 6-12
If you’ve pre-ordered your Belair X 6-12, we’re sure you can’t wait to get it in your hands and start shooting with it! To help make those first few rolls turn out as amazing as they can be, we’ve put together 5 tips to bear in mind when shooting with your Belair.
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★ Even Weirder Colours with Cross-Cross Processing!
What do you get when you process negative film in black and white, then reprocess it as colour? You get even weirder colours than cross-processing alone can ever produce! Read the full tipster to find out how!
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★ Shooting Wisely with 120: Format Choice
Concerned about the cost of medium format photography? How about the number of exposures per roll? Let me ease your worries.
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★ Love Expensive Film Effects but Can't Afford the Film? No Problem.
Take a pair of sunglasses, put them in front of your cameras lens, and shoot. The effects are unique and give you the more expensive film look with regular bargain bin finds.
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★ Smena Siam
One body, two lenses never looking at the same direction. A camera designed by me to have more fun with mixed doubles.
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★ Make the Most of 120 Film: Take it Outside!
Medium format is a wonderful format. The film, however, is more expensive than 35 mm film, so we naturally tend to be very careful with it. But don't be too careful. Don't hesitate to take your medium format camera outside, even if the weather might not be perfect.