DIY
How to build a cheap collapsible DIY light box
Clear, well-lit photos of your projects are among the best ways to share your work with others. Few techniques highlight your project as well as…
5 DIY tricks every filmmaker should know
We are DIYPhotography, but we love DIY solutions for moviemaking equally. After all, many of them can be applied to photography as well. Ryan Connolly…
Cheap DIY system for controlling daylight in your studio
One of the advantages of artificial lighting is that you can control it and direct it as you like. Controlling daylight is another story. It’s…
Use biscuit box to create lighting effects for your flash
You know what they say: one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. Christian Tudor from Academy of Photography has created a cool little gadget from…
How to make DIY 2-in-1 reflector in 5 minutes
Today I got an idea for a quick and simple DIY 2-in-1 reflector, and I’d like to share it with you and create my very…
Make simple and cheap DIY smoke for photos and videos
There are several ways of creating smoke for your photos and videos. Caleb Pike from DSLR Video Shooter will show you how to make an awesome smoke…
How to make camera obscura from two cardboard boxes
Hello, my name is Tom Waitzman. I made a simple and cheap camera obscura using two cardboard boxes, and I’d like to share the build with…
I made a DIY large format guillotine shutter
I found a WWII British Air Ministry Pentac 8 inch f2.9 lens in a second hand store about a year and a half ago. It…
How to make a simple and inexpensive DIY light painting brush
I never really done much light painting before, always liked the idea of it but somehow have just never got round to it, or found…





































