Use a Dab of Vaseline to Take Vintage-Style Photos The low-quality lenses and loose tolerances of vintage consumer cameras often gave photos a slightly distorted and dream-like quality. Capture that vintage-feel with little more than a dab of Vaseline. Early inexpensive consumer-grade cameras were manufactured with cheap materials and very loose tolerances which …
Like the look of tilt-shift photography but don’t have a camera you can attach a DIY lens to? Try out previously reviewed TiltShift and TiltShitMaker to try your hand at faking tilt-shift photos. Have a favorite photography-related DIY project to share? Let’s hear about it in the comments. DIY Tilt-Shift Photography Guide Makes DIY Lens Selection Simple: …
Take Pictures in the Late Afternoon for a Lens Flare Effect [Photography Tip]: “ It’s not too hard to add some extra oomph in your photographs. Photographer Carla Ten Eyck has some simple tips for adding a dramatic lens flare effect. For starters, she suggests taking pictures in the late afternoon. More » (Via Lifehacker.)