With the Victoria And Albert Museum Patchwork Pattern Maker you will be able to upload any image and convert it instantly into your own, personalised quilt pattern.

“Browsing through the dealextreme website, I came across these LED car headlight rings and thought that they’d be ideal for making a Macro Lighting Ring so I placed my order and had a go.”

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When photographers talk about the “depth of field” in an image, they’re referring to how much of the picture they choose to have in focus. You may think “but don’t I want all of my image to be in focus?” Frequently you do, but sometimes you can bring more attention to your subject by reducing the depth of field in a scene, making the background soft and blurry.

This image has very deep depth of field. Everything from the foreground to the horizon is in focus. You'll usually choose deep depth of field for landscape shots.

If you own a DSLR but aren’t experimenting with your aperture settings, you’re missing out on one of the most useful tools in a photographer’s arsenal. Here’s a primer to get you started.

How to use depth of field to take better pictures [Macworld]

Whether you’ve got a DSLR or you’ve turned your point-and-shoot into a super camera, those fancy features are useless if you don’t understand them. Want to capture a perfectly exposed picture? Learning to use your histogram is a good starting point. How To Read Your Camera’s Histogram And Take Perfectly Balanced Images

Robert Harrison launches weather balloons armed with a camera and a GPS locator and takes fantastic pictures of the earth from the upper atmosphere. The father of three was contacted by NASA after taking space pictures with his homemade device, which cost a small fraction of what the space agency pays to take similar photographs. Link

If you loved browsing the archives of National Geographic when they opened up their vaults last November and found yourself wanting to take your own impressive nature shots, you’ll definitely want to check out the BBC Photo Masterclasses.

Published in the pages of the BBC’s Wildlife magazine, the Photo Masterclasses are articles written by Wildlife photographers and specialists in their genre of nature photography. You’ll find articles on macro photography, landscape photography, and photographing different creatures under all sorts of different conditions. If you love learning a new photography trick or two you’ll definitely want to dive into the archives of the BBC.  BBC Wildlife Magazine Photo Masterclasses BBC via Nature Magnified

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It seems logical that the same things we use to keep ourselves dry would keep our gadgets dry as well—hence photography website DIYPhotography’s simple guide for turning a pair of rain pants into a weather shield for your camera. More