DIY Photography: Lens Attachments, Filters & Creative Effects
You don’t need to buy every lens or filter for your camera in order to create impactful images. Mike Hagen is back with his DIY series to explore the hacks you can take to play with different looks when shooting. He’ll explore ways to create tilt shifts, bokeh backgrounds, lightboxes for macro field work, and star filters.
- You’ll learn how to make:
- Soft filters for photographing portraits or flowers
- Neutral density filters for long exposures
- Different fine art backgrounds like bokeh, haze and tilt-shift
- An inexpensive macro lens and macro diffuser
Capture different looks by using items you can find around your house or at the local hardware store. Mike Hagen will have you expanding your camera bag and your portfolio so you can spend more time being creative and less time spending money.
Lessons
Class IntroductionBuild & Shoot: Soft Filters
Build & Shoot: Star Filters
Build & Shoot: Ethereal Filters
Build & Shoot: Sunglasses Filters
Build & Shoot: Half Double Exposure Filters
Build & Shoot: Heavy Stop ND Filters
Build & Shoot: Tilt and Shift Lenses
Build & Shoot: Bokeh Shapes
Build & Shoot: Coffee Cup Sleeve Lens Hood
Build & Shoot: Body Cap Pinhole
Build & Shoot: Mirror Under Lens
Build & Shoot: Reversible 50mm Lens Mount
Build & Shoot: Free-Lensing
Build & Shoot: Fisheye Lens
Build & Shoot: Bellows
Build & Shoot: Toilet Roll Macro Lens
Build & Shoot: PVC Extension Tube
Build & Shoot: Rail System
Build & Shoot: Macro Flash Brackets
Build & Shoot: Field Macro Light Box
Build & Shoot: Chip Can Macro Diffuser
Photo Review
Reviews
- Love it!! Very creative and full of inspiration. Mike Hagen explains the different effects in a great way, he is precise yet easy-going so he makes learning fun. I recommend this class to all who wants to take their creative photography to the next level without spending money on expensive accessories.
- Mike has an easy-going, pleasant & fun personality. He explains things clearly. Rolls with whatever happens. And, he's very good about answering audience questions in an understandable, positively reinforcing and non-judgemental way (which can be rare for some established pro photographers...).
- I am so glad that I stumbled upon this website. It has me excited to keep going further in my photography abilities. I can't wait to be able to watch more classes. Thank you so much for this, I am going to stay up all night checking out how to do this way of shooting different ways. DYI I love this lesson.