BUILDING A HIGH QUALITY B-17 (PART 7)

March.08.2011 · Posted By - Paul

After an absence of four months I have decided to do another blog.  In the last blog I built a Norden bombsight.  In this one I discuss building the bombardier/navigator compartment.  This is the point where things get really complicated.  I find building the external portion of the aircraft to be the easy part.  Building the interior is harder because you find yourself constrained by the shape of the exterior.  If the exterior aircraft shape ends up being a little …

PHOTOGRAPHY EFFECTS IN LENS (PART 4: MOVE THE CAMERA)

January.04.2011 · Posted By - Paul

This tutorial concerns itself with camera movement (panning, shaking, rotating, and zooming) while the shutter is open.  Doing this presents a feeling of movement as well as a passage of time.  Photographs taken this way can vary from abstract to pure non-representational.  While most people try to hold cameras as steady as possible to avoid blur and camera movement some movement can be used to great artistic effect.  These images were taken with shutter speed usually between .5 to 2.5 …

PHOTOGRAPHY EFFECTS IN LENS (PART 3: THE LENSBABY AND DIY TILT-SHIFT)

December.01.2010 · Posted By - Paul

This blog is concerned with Lensbaby lenses as well as do it yourself tilt-shift lenses.  Some of the photographs in this blog were taken by me.  The photographs related to the DIY lens were taken by Shane Moss whose photography site can be visited here:  Rampant Photos

A Lensbaby is a special kind of lens used in photography.  It basically presents a circle of focus that can be moved in the frame through the use of a bellows or ball …