Posts by Author: Udi Tirosh
Udi Tirosh is an entrepreneur, photography inventor, journalist, educator, and writer based in Israel. With over 25 years of experience in the photo-video industry, Udi has built and sold several photography-related brands. Udi has a double degree in mass media communications and computer science.
Making a Softbox Just Got Easier
Aug 14, 2008
Udi Tirosh
If you’ve been reading DIYP for a while now, you know that I am a fool for home made softboxes. DIYP has featured all kind…
Learning About The Small Things
Aug 12, 2008
Udi Tirosh
If you, like me, have little money to spend on big expensive lighting, you can start up your flash photography with a small flash (AKA…
Light Falloff Cheat Sheet Card
Aug 7, 2008
Udi Tirosh
As part of my ongoing exploration of portrait photography in general and flash studio photography in particular, I wanted to examine the effect that a…
The Easy Tripod to Reflector Holder Conversion
Jul 26, 2008
Udi Tirosh
This is another fun project from the factory of reader Jerry Hamby. It is a reflector holder from a $9.99 tripod, a 3ft long piece…
Manual Focus – Practice Makes Perfect (Part 3)
Jul 21, 2008
Udi Tirosh
In my two previous posts I discussed eleven reasons why you would ever want to use manual focus, and six ways to help you get…
Six Tips To Take Great Manual Focus Pictures (Part 2)
Jul 17, 2008
Udi Tirosh
In my previous manual focus post I discussed nine reasons to use manual focus. But wait, isn’t manual focus slow and inaccurate? Not if you…
Nine Reasons to Manually Focus When Taking Pictures (Part 1)
Jul 13, 2008
Udi Tirosh
Most Digital (and film) cameras today offer a nice feature called Manual Focus. This has not always been the case. The older more experienced folks…
Speed Links for 7-9-2008
Jul 9, 2008
Udi Tirosh
This has been a busy month again with a great ending. As usual my day job was getting more of my time then photography, but…
Reflector Card Cheat Sheet
Jul 1, 2008
Udi Tirosh
My previous cheat sheet dealt with the impact of light position on portraiture. The idea was that you can print this cheat sheet and carry…
Another Great Way to Create Lighting Diagrams
Jul 1, 2008
Udi Tirosh
A while back I posted two great ways to create lighting diagrams: using Photoshop or using an online flash application. Now, the online application as…