Samyang Europe has introduced the SFH-14 filter holder for its 14mm 1:2.8 ED AS IF UMC lens. Along with the holder, three rectangular filters will be manufactured by Cokin. The SFH-14 will come in standard and V-DSLR cine versions. The holder comes with double slideways to use one or two filters at the same time and can be used both vertically and horizontally. Learn more
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If you were to pick a themed wedding, it wouldn’t be lightsabers and Ewoks. It’d be photo-themed.
But this is no Vegas drive-through wedding. This is a glassy classy operation.
There are lots of ways to weave your favorite things into your wedding, but this DIY lens bouquet holder our pal Amber Phillips made stood out as a super original way to include your love of photography.
She’s sharing her how-to, and you don’t even have to be getting married to get in on it! You can turn your lens into a vase, planter, or a pencil-holder.
Make a Lens Bouquet Holder
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Maybe you have a broken, old lens you haven’t been able to use, or maybe your local camera shop has a bin of scratched lenses that you eye every time you visit.
Whether you’re having a wedding or not, you can repurpose that lens, and that saves one more from ending up in the dump while beautifying your home all at the same time.
This project shows you how to safely hollow out your lens, so you can fill it with flowers, pencils, plants, a pile of plastic dinosaurs, or whatever else you might have around.
Where does one pick up a broken lens? It’s as easy as searching “broken lens” on eBay.
Your local camera shop might have unusable lenses for sale, and you might also find some at garage sales or swap meets.
There are a ton of old lenses out there that are just too scratched to be used. Once you have your lens, you’re ready to start breaking it down …
First, lay down cardboard or bubble wrap to protect your work surface. You’ll be removing the glass from the lens by hammering it.
Put on your safety glasses. We don’t recommend you touch the broken glass with your hands, but for extra precaution, put on work gloves. Or a robo-glove. Either works.
You might notice there are multiple layers of glass inside. Start breaking through the first layer of glass by hammering.
TIP: Breaking this glass is harder than you would think. The layers can be pretty thick. Be careful and watch for “bounce-back” with your hammer hand.
Use your pliers to pull out any glass that you wouldn’t want to touch with your hands.
Once you are through the first layer of glass, take a look at the lens depth and figure out if you want to go further. If so, keep on hammering.
Once you’ve reached the depth you need, bust out your floral foam.
Take a look inside the lens, and eyeball what size you would need to cut down the foam so it fits in snug at the bottom.
Use a knife to cut it down to size.
With a dab of glue, attach the foam into the bottom of your lens.
This’ll make sure the flowers don’t fall out while you’re holding the bouquet throughout the day.
Once the foam is glued inside, you can start arranging your bouquet!
If you’re feeling shy about arranging your own flowers, take it to your florist, and they’ll be able to make something stunning for you.
Now what? Get married!
After you set up some chairs and get an officiant and all that.
Enjoy your day with your photo-geek bouquet, and play a prank on your photographer. What do you mean? Your lens *isn’t* supposed to have flowers in it?
Amber Phillips is a photographer and crafter based in Talladega, Alabama. Besides photography, she absolutely loves Doctor Who.
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Your photographs are good at being held *in* things: albums, boxes, frames …
But are they good at holding things?
Put ‘em to work! Transform your photos into a useful DIY photo-roll pencil holder.
It’ll brighten up your desk, and make daydreaming of summer days that much easier.
In just a few steps, you can roll your photographs into picture-perfect container.
Thanks to our pal Tali Schiffer who showed us how to make this one of a kind photo-roll box!
How to Make a Photo-Roll Pencil Holder
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This sweet lil photo-rolled box can be used for just about anything you can think of.
Sure it makes an awesome pencil holder, but would also store film, computer cords, and camera batteries quite nicely.
Show your desk some love with this quick way to spruce it up.
Start by cutting the flaps off one side of the box.
This will make it easy to stuff all the goodies inside.
Be sure the opposite end is taped or sealed.
You don’t want anything spilling out of the bottom!
Use colorful tape to line the top edge, where you just cut the flaps.
Place tape on both the inner and outer edge of the box to give a nice, finished look.
You can do this by taping both sides, or by folding the tape over.
TIP: Slit the corners of the tape to make folding over corners a little smoother.
Measure the height of your box, and cut your images to fit.
TIP: If you print your own photos, make sure to measure your container beforehand to make sure you have enough coverage.
Take one edge of your image, and wrap it around a pencil or small paintbrush.
Keep rolling the whole page. Leave 1″ at the end of the image.
TIP: Make sure you roll your image with the side you want on the outside.
Use a thin layer of glue on that last inch of photo.
Roll it completely, and wait a minute or two until it has started to dry.
Slide it off your paintbrush, and set aside for now.
Keep it going!
You need a lot of these suckers to cover that box.
TIP: We used about 18-20 rolls for each side of the box, but this will be different for each box.
Cover one side of the box with glue.
Lay your rolled photos on the box, starting at one end and working your way across.
Let that side dry.
Repeat your process with the three remaining sides.
Marvel at your masterpiece! (Well done!)
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