Posts by Author: Udi Tirosh
Japanese Fun Street Art (And A Peek Into My Living Room)
A few weeks back, I did a post about lighting a portrait from different angles – the portrait cheat sheet card. As part of the…
The Easy Tripod to Reflector Holder Conversion
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…
The Green Bean Hair Light
Reader Jerry Hamby just sent in this great hair light project. It is made from a cheapo 45 ws ebay flash and – believe it…
Manual Focus – Practice Makes Perfect (Part 3)
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)
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)
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
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
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
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…
Two Great Weekend Projects – Striplight and Softbox
Do you know those weekends when it is just to hot to get out of the home? Well just for those weekends we have a…









































