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If you liked my heart shadowbox you’ll love these new Halloween Inserts. 22x plates Megapack with various poses of couples with props and backgrounds. All the inserts are of course compatible with the other ones that I posted in my collection. In example instead of the “tree creature” you can use Castle Neuschwanstein Insert etc. Very easy assembly – Youtube video in the main project! Enjoy! Btw. I printed the inserts with Bambu Lab Basic PLA white. Check out my Makerworld profile for […]

Based on the infamous Sniffer XR-71 / Delta Pulse detectors, I have designed a stylish housing with accessories and printed it out on my Bambu Lab 3D print farm. Some modifications are planned to the NH-173 PRO with state of the art parts to further increase it’s performance. Custom made coils will be designed by SMT research & development the leading coil manufacturer for medical and military applications.

This is my first node workflow for Invoke AI 3.1.1. It was really intimidating but thanks to the video from Invoke AI on workflow fundamentals I wanted to give it a try and it actually makes much fun. I also released a PDF guide on Civitai on how to achieve this with the Unified Canvas but the Node Workflow is so much easier. What does it do? You input a PNG file with a transparent background of a (person, object, […]

I made some sturdy VFLATs for my studio from thick Styrofoam boards and 3d printed parts without using any tape – LOL. They came out great! Here is how I made them. 2x white Styrofoam boards 2000x1000x30mmBlack matte, acrylic water based paintPaint rollerWood screws d=4mm x 40mm3D printed folding screen hinges3D printed corner protectorsPieces of 1.75mm filament as shaft I had to order online some white thick Styrofoam boards 2000x1000x30mm because our home-improvement market has only small pieces for sale. […]

I made an update on how to get better results with the Godox V1 & AD100 Pro using my DIY Gobo projector. The AD200 Pro works perfect because it has a frosted glass front. The V1 & AD100 Pro does not have this. So you need some diffusion inside the gobo projector to illuminate the gobo evenly. You can use translucent foam from packaging or anything that diffuse light. Cut out a circle with 76mm in diameter and use some […]

I got me some of these new compact & foldable Godox softboxes AD-S60S, AD-S65W, AD-S85S, etc. for my Godox AD300Pro’s. They work just fine but I wanted to use the magnetic color gels from my AK-R1 kit with them. So I decided to design my own gel holder compatible with the AD300 Pro. I made a couple of prototypes until I came up with this idea. I printed it from black PETG because it needs to be a little bit […]

Just found an easy way on how to use gels without using gaffer tape or zip ties for my Profoto flashes. Also without getting in the way of any light modifiers. Keep in mind if you use the modeling lamp on full power (300W) the temperature in front of the frosted glass of the Profoto D2 gets around 160°C and will deform the color gel a little bit. If you turn down the modeling light a tiny bit it should […]

The included honeycomb grid in the Godox AK-R1 Kit was too wide and not working at all for creating a nice spot light. So I made my own 🙂 I designed the DIY grid to be fixed inside the empty ring from the AK-R1 Kit that is used for CTO/CTB gels. The ring has 3 gaps in different depth positions so you can still use a color gel with the DIY grid together. The first prototypes I made on a […]

I wanted a small and compact gobo projector for my flashes Godox V1 and AD200 PRO with H200R round head but there was nothing available. So I decided to build it myself. There is also enough space inside the housing to add a gel and diffusion filter from the Godox AK-R1 kit if needed. For previewing and focusing the LED inside the H200R works perfectly because it’s really powerful and centered. The glass element is also already diffused on the […]

I took out my old Minelab GP Extreme from the year 2000 to give it a try in the forest. But soon I realized how cumbersome and heavy that lead acid battery strapped to your hip was. The GP Extreme is still a pretty good detector but the battery system is not comfortable at all. Btw. all files for 3d printing etc. can be found at the bottom of this post, just scroll down. I begun to think which batteries […]

I got my new Kickstarter Zodiac Nozzles and couldn’t resist. I had to take some wicked photos before using them in my 3d printer. Since I was too lazy to go into my photostudio I did it on my home office desk with things I had lying around. And actually I first wanted to try out some ideas that I had in mind with sparks, flames and smoke before building a full lighting setup in my studio. But the photos […]

Some days ago I got a couple of old IDS UI-3251LE-C-HQ / UI-3581LE-C-HQ industrial CMOS modules as a gift to play with. I immediately had the idea to connect them somehow to my Celestron NexStar 6SE telescope to capture the moon. These camera modules have a small S-Mount lensholder (M12x0.5mm) that I removed completely (and also the internal IR blocking filter) and replaced it with my own lensholder design. I’ve printed it on my trusty Prusa MK3. The first prototype […]

Need extreme close-up shots of tiny objects in your video? You’re on a budget and don’t have these fancy extreme macro lenses? Use the technique called “reverse lens macro”. It’s well known in the macro photography world but surprisingly unknown in videography. Simply put, you take a wide angle lens, in example an old 28mm and mount it in reverse via a macro coupler ring adapter to your camera. That’s all there is to it. The wider your lens is, […]

I was having fun lately with some normal macro photography and was curious if I somehow can use my fathers microscope lenses on my photo and film cameras. The idea is not new, a quick google search showed that it was indeed possible but you need a special adapter for these microscope lenses. The adapter is called “RMS to M42” and it is available from china on aliexpress. I didn’t want to wait 4 weeks for the metal adapter to […]

I’ve ordered different V6 nozzles for my original Prusa MK3 and wanted to take extreme close-up shots of the nozzle tips to see what they look like. Here they are – enjoy!