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DIY – Pocket Camera Tripod

Jan 4, 2007 by Udi Tirosh 1 Comment
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The following article will demonstrate how to build a useful tripod that’s easy to make and fits in your pocket. It uses stiff wire wrapped in electrical tape as legs, and taped to a bolt. You can make lots of those, and give some to your friends. The best thing about this tripod is its wrapping capabilities. It does not need to be placed on a leveled surface. Instead, it can be hooked to almost anything – a pipe, a fence – if it’s wrapable, you’re game.[Read More…]

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Studio Lighting – DIY: Home-made Power Pack Flashes (Part II) – Variations on a theme

Dec 9, 2006 by Udi Tirosh Leave a Comment
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Ok, So you’ve got your DIY Flash/Strobe working. Now you want to evolve to a full DIY studio – Here are some uses for the flash unit (again, courtesy of Avner Richard). In this article you will find some creative ueses for the basic circuit – Multipe flahs heads and controling output power – as well as some basic studio flash setups – beauty dish, spot light, soft box, ring light and more.[Read More…]

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Studio Lighting – DIY: Home-made Power Pack Flashes (Part I)

Dec 9, 2006 by Udi Tirosh 7 Comments
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The following article was contributed by Avner Richard, not only a great photgrapher, but also an electronic wizard.

Studio strobes are quite expensive, especially when dealing with high power strobes, or multiple heads – the power pack solution.
In this article I’ll present my strobe power pack project, which is an easy DIY electric project.[Read More…]

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Studio Lighting – Super Simple Light Tent

Studio Lighting – Super Simple Light Tent

Dec 2, 2006 by Udi Tirosh 2 Comments
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I was inspired to do this project after seeing the PVC light tent posted on the MAKE blog. This light tent uses a cardboard box and some white material (Tyvek) and allows you to take reasonable photos of products such as bottles, watches, jewelry, small objects, etc. There is lot’s of room for improvement but for the sake of 15 minutes I hope you will agree it’s pretty good :)[Read More…]

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Super Cheap DIY Camera Wrist Strap

Aug 25, 2006 by Guest Author Leave a Comment
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Alrighty so I just got my new camera (Kodak p850) and it is wicked rad and I’m having lots of fun figuring out all the buttons and whatnot but now that I have a real camera I need a real camera strap, the one that came with it is fairly comfortable but I never wear straps around my neck so I’ve been checking ebay and google for possible alternatives. Fortunately a product already exists that is exactly what I’m looking for, actually many many different variations of what I’m looking for exist and they all have one thing in common, they’re all ridiculously overpriced for the amount of material that your getting. I’m cheap crafty I think I can make my own for less and have just as good of a product. And so it begins.[Read More…]

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Cheap DIY (Homemade) Muslin Photography Background

Jul 31, 2006 by Udi Tirosh 4 Comments
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This project had the website diyphotography.net in mind and strives to help develop it into a vibrant online community. This backdrop is similar to those sold online for a couple hundred dollars! But guess what? for around 20 bucks and about an hours time I’ve made a studio backdrop myself, and now I’ll show YOU how you can make a backdrop yourself!  (And complete the DIY experiance by adding a DIY backdrop stand)[Read More…]

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Studio Lighting – What Short Light And Broad Light Are

May 28, 2006 by Udi Tirosh 4 Comments
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What Is Short Light?
Short light is type of studio lighting setup, where the face side which is further from the camera gets the main light. see the diagram for details. In this type of lighting setup, the side of the face which is toward the camera gets less light then the side facing away form the camera. The effect you get when using this lighting setup is a thin face, this is why it is good to photograph fat (or chubby) people with a short light setup.[Read More…]

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Studio Lighting – Really cheap homemade diy studio – no lighting needed

Apr 28, 2006 by Udi Tirosh 1 Comment
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So, you want to start your own homemade photography studio but you are totally broke and you want it to be cheap. Actually, being cheap is your prime demand from this studio. You don’t need no external fancy lighting or strobes, you don’t want them expensive softboxes. You just want to try out some still life photography, or you need take some shots for eBay. This article is just for you.

Here is what I have to offer for about 1–3 USD. This still life photography studio utilizes a huge softbox and a seamless backdrop. But before we start lets see some of the prime requirements from a still life photo studio. We want to get even light, with good shadow management and a smooth background that will not distract from our main subject.[Read More…]

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Studio Lighting – Cheap DIY Homemade Reflector Stand

Mar 20, 2006 by Udi Tirosh 1 Comment
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The following article about how to build a homemade reflector stand was contributed by Brian Zimmerman. You will want to use a reflector if you only have one light source, or in other cases where you want to eliminate shadows from a dark place and don’t have a flash to place there. The trick is how to place this reflector in the most effective way. [Read More…]

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Studio Lighting – Home Made Cheap DIY Backdrop Stand

Mar 19, 2006 by Udi Tirosh 6 Comments
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In The following article, Brian will demonstrate how to build a DIY backdrop stand. The stand, along with matching backdrop will help to create a controlled environment, with good subject/background separation. The cost is very low, just some PVC pipes, muslin and two really good hands. Oh, and a wife to agree to place this in the leaving room.[Read More…]

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