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    New iPhone App To Create Lighting Diagrams

    Dec 8, 2009 Udi Tirosh

    I know you love lighting diagrams. We all do. So if you are a Lighting Diagrams freak (or a Stobist) at heart this will make…

    S@H – Change Your Studio Appearance With Instant Flooring

    Dec 7, 2009 Udi Tirosh

    One of the comments I got when I started the Studio @ Home series was about flooring. I mean not *all* of our pictures are…

    Create Awesome Tilt-Shift Macro Shots With Old Car Headlights

    Dec 3, 2009 Udi Tirosh

    We have covered Macro Lenses before, from optically flawless reverse mounts to the questionable-yet-so-much-fun DVD iPhone Lens adapter. What we never did before is to…

    Quickie: Use a Welding Glass As A 14 Stops ND Filter

    Dec 2, 2009 Udi Tirosh

    Take a smooth water image at the middle of the day with super bright sun above? You must be kidding me. It would take at…

    Create Good Lighting Around Any Plate Of Food

    Dec 1, 2009 Udi Tirosh

    Wouldn’t be nice if you could setup a small studio on every table? Around every plate? Martin Kimeldorf did just this, and was kind enough…

    Photography: Real Fire Rocks / Photoshop Fire Sucks

    Nov 16, 2009 Udi Tirosh

    How did I manage not to burn the house down?? Well, first, my wife was not at home, LOL… and second, with the remote trigger…

    Five Poorman’s Lighting Mods When Pro Lighting Gear Is Just Too Expensive

    Nov 9, 2009 Udi Tirosh

    In this post you will find a collection of really (and I mean really) cheap alternatives to pro lighting. Will you get the same crisp…

    Don’t Give Up On Your GI Trigger – Three Ways To Revive It When It Looks Dead

    Nov 2, 2009 Udi Tirosh

    So you hacked yourself a gadget infinity flash radio slave and you are happy. You are shooting off camera flash and things work splendid. Actually,…

    Using Plexi As A Photography Tool

    Oct 31, 2009 Udi Tirosh

    I’m gonna talk about Plexi in a moment, but first, Happy Halloween everyone. OK, Plexi.  It is very common for a product shot to be…

    Band Your Cables for Orderly Photography Travel

    Oct 24, 2009 Udi Tirosh

    This is a quick photo-travel tip by DIYP reader Don Simpson. Actually it may be really obvious, but I learned that it is better to…