DIY

    How to build a cheap collapsible DIY light box

    Apr 11, 2017 John Park

    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

    Apr 10, 2017 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    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

    Apr 7, 2017 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    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

    Mar 23, 2017 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    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

    Mar 17, 2017 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    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

    Mar 15, 2017 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    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

    Mar 14, 2017 Tom Waitzman

    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…

    Build an advanced DIY motion control slider for timelapse and stop motion animation

    Mar 13, 2017 John Aldred

    Since initially discovering the Arduino, Eduard Puertas has spent a lot of time experimenting with it. It’s all an attempt to make his working life…

    I made a DIY large format guillotine shutter

    Mar 13, 2017 Ross den Otter

    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

    Mar 8, 2017 Darren Turner

    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…