DIY Archives

Throw Your Strobe To Great Lengths Using a Poor Man’s Better Beamer

Mar 22, 2011 Udi Tirosh

It is not really possible to defy the inverse square law. I know I tried and failed miserably. But you can stretch it. A better…

Mar 21, 2011 Udi Tirosh

Seems like vidoe is getting bigger and bigger. I am considering to add a video category instead of having it hide under the Camera Hacks…

Mar 16, 2011 Udi Tirosh

Sometimes, for various reasons, you need to shoot from a very low vantage point. In my “cozy” studio, which you might remember seeing in my…

Mar 14, 2011 Udi Tirosh

When I first made the Bokeh Masters Kit HDSLRs were very scarce. I never even thought about using it for video. Boy, I was missing…

Mar 5, 2011 Udi Tirosh

The good guys over at Age of Rockets are sharing their DIY design for a video dolly. Me likey. Unlike the iPhone Dolly or the…

Mar 1, 2011 Udi Tirosh

User knoptop of Instructables came up with a video to show how you can make an HDSLR shoulder rig from PVC pipes. For the most…

Feb 21, 2011 Udi Tirosh

Here’s the thing. If you are using the “The Strobist Collection” gels from Rosco (which we reviewed here. You know that they are really great….

Feb 16, 2011 Udi Tirosh

With the blast of HDSLR comes the need to create a more comfortable way of shooting video with SLR shaped bodies. You can get one…

Feb 8, 2011 Udi Tirosh

What did you built for you studio this weekend? A backdrop mount? A Light Stand? A ghetto glamor contraption? A dolly….? If you are one…

Feb 7, 2011 Udi Tirosh

UK based photographer Ian Cornwell needed to take some pictures from the outside of a driving car for a an emergency plumbing service. it sounds…