Latest Update: Added a handmade camera cozy from Evil Mad Scientist Labs.

Simple tips, tricks and hacks to enhance your photography without damaging your bank balance...

I've just changed the way I organise my RSS feeds in Google Reader - if you're having as much trouble as me keeping up with all the great feeds there are to read, this simple way of looking at them might just help you. You might not read any more, but you can at least know you're reading the right things...

I've only actually caught up with reading all of my RSS feeds a couple of times in the last few months. I'm always behind, and even if I could take the time to catch up, I'm not entirely convinced it would be worth it.

Latest Update: Added a link to a Moleskine Hard Drive.

Moleskine? Little black notebooks, with a bookmark, elastic closure, and a storage compartment in the back. Useful little things on their own, but some people feel the need to trick them out further.

• Moleskine Notebooks

Marking Up

Most people just use their Moleskines freeform, scribbling whatever and wherever they like. Some people prefer a little structure...

Credit for this trick goes to my dad.

If you have a camera strap, or other narrow lanyard that's too long to hold secureley to your wrist, this little hack could help keep your gear safe. Some of them come with a little slider that you can use to tighten it up at any size - this does the same thing with just the insulation from a bit of cable. Useful for cameras, mobile phones, or anything else you worry about dropping. Over to Tim...

OldGriz has mastered a method of refilling Pilot's disposable fountain pens - they're referring to them there as the Varsity, but it sounds like the same thing we have as the V4 over here. I'm not sure there's good reasons to want to do this, but it's an interesting hack, and they're really not bad little pens.

Wired Magazine's current feature, Enter the New Age of DIY makes for a whole lot of good reading. It reads like a nicely varied (and slightly geeky) Trade Secrets article.

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  • Taking great photos: "Don't worry about framing the perfect shot while the camera is in your hand. Keep moving, getting as many angles and moods as possible. Click fast and often."