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August 15, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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August 8, 2025 at 11:45 PM
We spent $10,000 developing this cap so yours wouldn’t break.
Now you get two for just $34.99.
✅ Shock-absorbing
✅ Waterproof
✅ Fits 99% of DSLR & mirrorless lenses
✅ Easy to find in a dark camera bag
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Now you get two for just $34.99.
✅ Shock-absorbing
✅ Waterproof
✅ Fits 99% of DSLR & mirrorless lenses
✅ Easy to find in a dark camera bag
Protect your gear like a pro: www.diyphotography.net/product/uni-...
August 8, 2025 at 11:45 PM
We spent $10,000 developing this cap so yours wouldn’t break.
Now you get two for just $34.99.
✅ Shock-absorbing
✅ Waterproof
✅ Fits 99% of DSLR & mirrorless lenses
✅ Easy to find in a dark camera bag
Protect your gear like a pro: www.diyphotography.net/product/uni-...
Now you get two for just $34.99.
✅ Shock-absorbing
✅ Waterproof
✅ Fits 99% of DSLR & mirrorless lenses
✅ Easy to find in a dark camera bag
Protect your gear like a pro: www.diyphotography.net/product/uni-...
Huge thanks to everyone who entered our Viltrox 85mm F1.4 giveaway! 🙌 A winner has been selected and notified.
Stay tuned... more giveaways are coming 👀
In the meantime, check out our new Universal Lens Cap—now available on Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FKW2V178
Stay tuned... more giveaways are coming 👀
In the meantime, check out our new Universal Lens Cap—now available on Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FKW2V178
August 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Huge thanks to everyone who entered our Viltrox 85mm F1.4 giveaway! 🙌 A winner has been selected and notified.
Stay tuned... more giveaways are coming 👀
In the meantime, check out our new Universal Lens Cap—now available on Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FKW2V178
Stay tuned... more giveaways are coming 👀
In the meantime, check out our new Universal Lens Cap—now available on Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FKW2V178
No lenses were harmed in the making of this video.
August 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM
No lenses were harmed in the making of this video.
We ruined hundreds of lenses so you can keep yours safe.
Our Universal Lens Cap is here.
Fits 99% of DSLR & mirrorless lenses. Waterproof, dustproof, drop-proof.
Launch just went live.
🛒 Grab yours here → www.diyphotography.net/product/uni-...
Our Universal Lens Cap is here.
Fits 99% of DSLR & mirrorless lenses. Waterproof, dustproof, drop-proof.
Launch just went live.
🛒 Grab yours here → www.diyphotography.net/product/uni-...
August 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM
We ruined hundreds of lenses so you can keep yours safe.
Our Universal Lens Cap is here.
Fits 99% of DSLR & mirrorless lenses. Waterproof, dustproof, drop-proof.
Launch just went live.
🛒 Grab yours here → www.diyphotography.net/product/uni-...
Our Universal Lens Cap is here.
Fits 99% of DSLR & mirrorless lenses. Waterproof, dustproof, drop-proof.
Launch just went live.
🛒 Grab yours here → www.diyphotography.net/product/uni-...
Wow—thank you to everyone who’s signed up so far. This giveaway has been incredible, and we’re so grateful for all the support ❤️
To celebrate the launch of our very own DIYP Universal Lens Cap (dropping August 6 on our site and Amazon 🛠️📷), we’re giving away a Viltrox AF 85mm F1.4 Pro Lens 🎉
To celebrate the launch of our very own DIYP Universal Lens Cap (dropping August 6 on our site and Amazon 🛠️📷), we’re giving away a Viltrox AF 85mm F1.4 Pro Lens 🎉
August 2, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Wow—thank you to everyone who’s signed up so far. This giveaway has been incredible, and we’re so grateful for all the support ❤️
To celebrate the launch of our very own DIYP Universal Lens Cap (dropping August 6 on our site and Amazon 🛠️📷), we’re giving away a Viltrox AF 85mm F1.4 Pro Lens 🎉
To celebrate the launch of our very own DIYP Universal Lens Cap (dropping August 6 on our site and Amazon 🛠️📷), we’re giving away a Viltrox AF 85mm F1.4 Pro Lens 🎉
We were tired of cheap knockoffs pretending to be universal lens caps 😤
So we built our own—from high-grade, shock-absorbing silicone that actually protects your lens 🛡️📸
The DIYP Universal Lens Cap launches August 6 on our site and Amazon 🚀
So we built our own—from high-grade, shock-absorbing silicone that actually protects your lens 🛡️📸
The DIYP Universal Lens Cap launches August 6 on our site and Amazon 🚀
August 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We were tired of cheap knockoffs pretending to be universal lens caps 😤
So we built our own—from high-grade, shock-absorbing silicone that actually protects your lens 🛡️📸
The DIYP Universal Lens Cap launches August 6 on our site and Amazon 🚀
So we built our own—from high-grade, shock-absorbing silicone that actually protects your lens 🛡️📸
The DIYP Universal Lens Cap launches August 6 on our site and Amazon 🚀
🚨 Lens giveaway! 🚨
We’re giving away a Viltrox AF 85mm F1.4 Pro Full-Frame Lens to celebrate the launch of our new Universal Lens Cap, dropping August 6th.
Enter here: gleam.io/CY6mx/diy-ph...
Winner announced August 7th
↻ Repost to share the love!
We’re giving away a Viltrox AF 85mm F1.4 Pro Full-Frame Lens to celebrate the launch of our new Universal Lens Cap, dropping August 6th.
Enter here: gleam.io/CY6mx/diy-ph...
Winner announced August 7th
↻ Repost to share the love!
July 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
🚨 Lens giveaway! 🚨
We’re giving away a Viltrox AF 85mm F1.4 Pro Full-Frame Lens to celebrate the launch of our new Universal Lens Cap, dropping August 6th.
Enter here: gleam.io/CY6mx/diy-ph...
Winner announced August 7th
↻ Repost to share the love!
We’re giving away a Viltrox AF 85mm F1.4 Pro Full-Frame Lens to celebrate the launch of our new Universal Lens Cap, dropping August 6th.
Enter here: gleam.io/CY6mx/diy-ph...
Winner announced August 7th
↻ Repost to share the love!
4. How do you set it?
📱 Use apps like HyperFocal Pro, DoF Master, or DoF Calculator
🔧 On manual lenses: align aperture hashmark with ∞ symbol
🧠 On modern lenses:
Focus to infinity
Pull back just until it starts to blur
Then nudge it forward again
📱 Use apps like HyperFocal Pro, DoF Master, or DoF Calculator
🔧 On manual lenses: align aperture hashmark with ∞ symbol
🧠 On modern lenses:
Focus to infinity
Pull back just until it starts to blur
Then nudge it forward again
July 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
4. How do you set it?
📱 Use apps like HyperFocal Pro, DoF Master, or DoF Calculator
🔧 On manual lenses: align aperture hashmark with ∞ symbol
🧠 On modern lenses:
Focus to infinity
Pull back just until it starts to blur
Then nudge it forward again
📱 Use apps like HyperFocal Pro, DoF Master, or DoF Calculator
🔧 On manual lenses: align aperture hashmark with ∞ symbol
🧠 On modern lenses:
Focus to infinity
Pull back just until it starts to blur
Then nudge it forward again
3. What affects your hyperfocal distance?
🧮 Sensor size
📐 Focal length
🔆 Aperture
🧠 Crop factor (yes, it matters)
General rules:
📏 Wider lens = shorter hyperfocal
🔆 Higher f-stop = shorter hyperfocal
📷 Bigger sensor = shorter hyperfocal
🧮 Sensor size
📐 Focal length
🔆 Aperture
🧠 Crop factor (yes, it matters)
General rules:
📏 Wider lens = shorter hyperfocal
🔆 Higher f-stop = shorter hyperfocal
📷 Bigger sensor = shorter hyperfocal
July 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
3. What affects your hyperfocal distance?
🧮 Sensor size
📐 Focal length
🔆 Aperture
🧠 Crop factor (yes, it matters)
General rules:
📏 Wider lens = shorter hyperfocal
🔆 Higher f-stop = shorter hyperfocal
📷 Bigger sensor = shorter hyperfocal
🧮 Sensor size
📐 Focal length
🔆 Aperture
🧠 Crop factor (yes, it matters)
General rules:
📏 Wider lens = shorter hyperfocal
🔆 Higher f-stop = shorter hyperfocal
📷 Bigger sensor = shorter hyperfocal
2. No, you don’t just crank your aperture to f/22.
🔍 That causes diffraction = blur.
🎯 The real trick is to keep your aperture in the “sweet spot” (like f/8)
…and use hyperfocal distance to stretch your focus range.
🔍 That causes diffraction = blur.
🎯 The real trick is to keep your aperture in the “sweet spot” (like f/8)
…and use hyperfocal distance to stretch your focus range.
July 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
2. No, you don’t just crank your aperture to f/22.
🔍 That causes diffraction = blur.
🎯 The real trick is to keep your aperture in the “sweet spot” (like f/8)
…and use hyperfocal distance to stretch your focus range.
🔍 That causes diffraction = blur.
🎯 The real trick is to keep your aperture in the “sweet spot” (like f/8)
…and use hyperfocal distance to stretch your focus range.
1. What is hyperfocal distance?
It’s the focus point that gives you the deepest possible depth of field.
📷 Focus there → everything from that point to infinity stays sharp.
Perfect for:
🌄 Landscapes
🏙 Street scenes
🏞 Travel shots
It’s the focus point that gives you the deepest possible depth of field.
📷 Focus there → everything from that point to infinity stays sharp.
Perfect for:
🌄 Landscapes
🏙 Street scenes
🏞 Travel shots
July 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
1. What is hyperfocal distance?
It’s the focus point that gives you the deepest possible depth of field.
📷 Focus there → everything from that point to infinity stays sharp.
Perfect for:
🌄 Landscapes
🏙 Street scenes
🏞 Travel shots
It’s the focus point that gives you the deepest possible depth of field.
📷 Focus there → everything from that point to infinity stays sharp.
Perfect for:
🌄 Landscapes
🏙 Street scenes
🏞 Travel shots
🧵 Want everything in your shot perfectly sharp — front to back?
That’s what hyperfocal distance is for.
It’s the sharpest focusing trick in photography, and you don’t even need math to use it 👇
That’s what hyperfocal distance is for.
It’s the sharpest focusing trick in photography, and you don’t even need math to use it 👇
July 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
🧵 Want everything in your shot perfectly sharp — front to back?
That’s what hyperfocal distance is for.
It’s the sharpest focusing trick in photography, and you don’t even need math to use it 👇
That’s what hyperfocal distance is for.
It’s the sharpest focusing trick in photography, and you don’t even need math to use it 👇
4. Backgrounds (any color)
🪩 Use colored or white foam board for clean, minimal backdrops
🎨 Shoot overhead on it for product photos or flat lays
💡 Bonus: Easy to cut and customize for texture or props
🪩 Use colored or white foam board for clean, minimal backdrops
🎨 Shoot overhead on it for product photos or flat lays
💡 Bonus: Easy to cut and customize for texture or props
July 9, 2025 at 9:42 PM
4. Backgrounds (any color)
🪩 Use colored or white foam board for clean, minimal backdrops
🎨 Shoot overhead on it for product photos or flat lays
💡 Bonus: Easy to cut and customize for texture or props
🪩 Use colored or white foam board for clean, minimal backdrops
🎨 Shoot overhead on it for product photos or flat lays
💡 Bonus: Easy to cut and customize for texture or props
3. Flag (black foam board)
Need more contrast? Use black foam board to block or absorb unwanted spill light.
🎯 Controls direction
🎭 Adds mood and drama
💸 Costs way less than professional flags
Need more contrast? Use black foam board to block or absorb unwanted spill light.
🎯 Controls direction
🎭 Adds mood and drama
💸 Costs way less than professional flags
July 9, 2025 at 9:42 PM
3. Flag (black foam board)
Need more contrast? Use black foam board to block or absorb unwanted spill light.
🎯 Controls direction
🎭 Adds mood and drama
💸 Costs way less than professional flags
Need more contrast? Use black foam board to block or absorb unwanted spill light.
🎯 Controls direction
🎭 Adds mood and drama
💸 Costs way less than professional flags
2. Bounce Light (white)
Aim your key light at a foam board to bounce it softly onto your subject.
✨ Works as a cheap key light alternative
🪞 Softer than direct flash, with zero harsh shadows
Aim your key light at a foam board to bounce it softly onto your subject.
✨ Works as a cheap key light alternative
🪞 Softer than direct flash, with zero harsh shadows
July 9, 2025 at 9:42 PM
2. Bounce Light (white)
Aim your key light at a foam board to bounce it softly onto your subject.
✨ Works as a cheap key light alternative
🪞 Softer than direct flash, with zero harsh shadows
Aim your key light at a foam board to bounce it softly onto your subject.
✨ Works as a cheap key light alternative
🪞 Softer than direct flash, with zero harsh shadows
1. Fill Light (white foam board)
📸 Reflects light back onto your subject
🧴 Great for portraits, product shots, or flat lays
💡 Gives you soft, even fill without another light source
📸 Reflects light back onto your subject
🧴 Great for portraits, product shots, or flat lays
💡 Gives you soft, even fill without another light source
July 9, 2025 at 9:42 PM
1. Fill Light (white foam board)
📸 Reflects light back onto your subject
🧴 Great for portraits, product shots, or flat lays
💡 Gives you soft, even fill without another light source
📸 Reflects light back onto your subject
🧴 Great for portraits, product shots, or flat lays
💡 Gives you soft, even fill without another light source
🧵 The cheapest photo gear upgrade? A $1 foam board.
No batteries. No cords. No apps.
Just a flat sheet of foamcore that can instantly level up your lighting and backdrops.
Here are 5 ways to use foam board like a pro 👇
No batteries. No cords. No apps.
Just a flat sheet of foamcore that can instantly level up your lighting and backdrops.
Here are 5 ways to use foam board like a pro 👇
July 9, 2025 at 9:42 PM
🧵 The cheapest photo gear upgrade? A $1 foam board.
No batteries. No cords. No apps.
Just a flat sheet of foamcore that can instantly level up your lighting and backdrops.
Here are 5 ways to use foam board like a pro 👇
No batteries. No cords. No apps.
Just a flat sheet of foamcore that can instantly level up your lighting and backdrops.
Here are 5 ways to use foam board like a pro 👇
🧵 Flash is “banned” in concert photography… unless you know how to use it right.
Low light? Bad venue lighting? No problem.
Here’s how pros use off-camera speedlights to light entire shows — without ruining the mood 👇
Low light? Bad venue lighting? No problem.
Here’s how pros use off-camera speedlights to light entire shows — without ruining the mood 👇
July 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
🧵 Flash is “banned” in concert photography… unless you know how to use it right.
Low light? Bad venue lighting? No problem.
Here’s how pros use off-camera speedlights to light entire shows — without ruining the mood 👇
Low light? Bad venue lighting? No problem.
Here’s how pros use off-camera speedlights to light entire shows — without ruining the mood 👇
🧵 Gaffer tape is the Swiss Army knife of studio life.
Photographers and filmmakers swear by it — and not just for lighting.
Here are 10 ways to use gaffer tape on set (plus a few you probably never thought of) 👇
Photographers and filmmakers swear by it — and not just for lighting.
Here are 10 ways to use gaffer tape on set (plus a few you probably never thought of) 👇
July 5, 2025 at 3:49 PM
🧵 Gaffer tape is the Swiss Army knife of studio life.
Photographers and filmmakers swear by it — and not just for lighting.
Here are 10 ways to use gaffer tape on set (plus a few you probably never thought of) 👇
Photographers and filmmakers swear by it — and not just for lighting.
Here are 10 ways to use gaffer tape on set (plus a few you probably never thought of) 👇
3. How to make one (Steps):
🔍 Get a convex lens, a mirror, and a Fresnel lens
📦 Build a simple box to house them — foam core, cardboard, or 3D print it
🧲 Mount the box over your screen
🪞 Use a first-surface mirror if possible for best clarity
🔍 Get a convex lens, a mirror, and a Fresnel lens
📦 Build a simple box to house them — foam core, cardboard, or 3D print it
🧲 Mount the box over your screen
🪞 Use a first-surface mirror if possible for best clarity
July 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
3. How to make one (Steps):
🔍 Get a convex lens, a mirror, and a Fresnel lens
📦 Build a simple box to house them — foam core, cardboard, or 3D print it
🧲 Mount the box over your screen
🪞 Use a first-surface mirror if possible for best clarity
🔍 Get a convex lens, a mirror, and a Fresnel lens
📦 Build a simple box to house them — foam core, cardboard, or 3D print it
🧲 Mount the box over your screen
🪞 Use a first-surface mirror if possible for best clarity
1. What is a waist-level viewfinder?
👁 You hold the camera at your waist and look down to compose
🤫 Great for street photography — less obtrusive than eye-level
📐 More stable: reduces camera shake
🎯 Unique angles you won’t get with a flippy screen
👁 You hold the camera at your waist and look down to compose
🤫 Great for street photography — less obtrusive than eye-level
📐 More stable: reduces camera shake
🎯 Unique angles you won’t get with a flippy screen
July 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
1. What is a waist-level viewfinder?
👁 You hold the camera at your waist and look down to compose
🤫 Great for street photography — less obtrusive than eye-level
📐 More stable: reduces camera shake
🎯 Unique angles you won’t get with a flippy screen
👁 You hold the camera at your waist and look down to compose
🤫 Great for street photography — less obtrusive than eye-level
📐 More stable: reduces camera shake
🎯 Unique angles you won’t get with a flippy screen
🧵 Build a waist-level viewfinder for any camera — no TLR required.
It’s cheap. It’s stealthy. And it changes how you shoot.
Here’s how to DIY an optical waist-level viewfinder with just a lens, a mirror, and a little patience 👇
It’s cheap. It’s stealthy. And it changes how you shoot.
Here’s how to DIY an optical waist-level viewfinder with just a lens, a mirror, and a little patience 👇
July 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
🧵 Build a waist-level viewfinder for any camera — no TLR required.
It’s cheap. It’s stealthy. And it changes how you shoot.
Here’s how to DIY an optical waist-level viewfinder with just a lens, a mirror, and a little patience 👇
It’s cheap. It’s stealthy. And it changes how you shoot.
Here’s how to DIY an optical waist-level viewfinder with just a lens, a mirror, and a little patience 👇
🧵 Don’t buy a softbox. Build one for under $15.
Cardboard, foil, and a shower curtain are all it takes to dramatically upgrade your lighting.
Here’s how to make a DIY softbox that actually works — with pro results 👇
Cardboard, foil, and a shower curtain are all it takes to dramatically upgrade your lighting.
Here’s how to make a DIY softbox that actually works — with pro results 👇
July 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
🧵 Don’t buy a softbox. Build one for under $15.
Cardboard, foil, and a shower curtain are all it takes to dramatically upgrade your lighting.
Here’s how to make a DIY softbox that actually works — with pro results 👇
Cardboard, foil, and a shower curtain are all it takes to dramatically upgrade your lighting.
Here’s how to make a DIY softbox that actually works — with pro results 👇