DIY
DIY – Micro Adjustment And Calibration Tool For Lenses
Jun 1, 2011
Udi Tirosh
Manufactures of cameras and lenses make their equipment to fall into certain quality control standards. But sometimes that may not be good enough. This DIY…
Freelens By Building Your Own Bellows
Jun 1, 2011
Udi Tirosh
Some of the comments about the freelensing quickie we posted were deeply concerned with dust. One way to solve the dust issue is to make…
IKEA Continuous Ring Light
May 30, 2011
Udi Tirosh
I know you love continuous light ring lights, both for stills and video, however, one of the most common responses is that it is too…
Build a Panoramic Head For Perfect Panoramas
May 26, 2011
Udi Tirosh
I do some real estate photography that requires indoor panoramas. Those are kinda hard to take because the small space and proximity of objects really…
Build A Beauty Dish From An IKEA Lamp
May 24, 2011
Udi Tirosh
We featured a few beauty dishes before, one made from a turkey pan, and one made from soup bowls. (Even when it seems like DIY,…
Use A Bonbon Box To Create A DIY Lightscoop
May 9, 2011
Udi Tirosh
Lightsoop is a simple device that bounces your camera-attached strobe off the walls and ceiling when you shoot in a small room. The logics behind…
Super Easy Macro Lighting Using a Pringles Can
Apr 26, 2011
Udi Tirosh
I would imagine that after yesterday’s killer tutorial you’d want something simple. Well, here it is: A super easy macro lighting modifier. Ok, you got…
Use A Texture Projector to Cheaply Create Interesting Backgrounds
Apr 21, 2011
Udi Tirosh
Interesting subjects make for great photographs, so are interesting backgrounds. Photographer Karl Zemlin has a great DIY for projecting strobe light to create interesting backgrounds….
DIY Compositon Frame
Apr 13, 2011
Udi Tirosh
This one’s is just a fun little trick, that you may find useful when you don’t have your camera around but still want to play…
Using Transparencies For Delicate Shaped Bokeh Shapes
Mar 28, 2011
Udi Tirosh
When it comes to Shaped Bokeh, it is all about the shape of the hole where the light goes through. Heart-shaped hole creates heart-shaped bokeh,…