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Built Your Photography Travel Dream Case

Apr 5, 2011 Udi Tirosh

I just love this project by Joris van den Heuvel. It is an exemplary project of following a larger skeleton for making just about any…



The Ultimate Guide To Managing Batteries On Location

Mar 30, 2011 Udi Tirosh

If you’re using strobes, pocket wizards, remotes, or RC cars, you are probably using AA batteries. Those are small little wonders of energy. Here is…



Crossing Over To The Dark (Field) Has Never Been Easier

Mar 2, 2011 Udi Tirosh

Glass is one of the hardest thing to photograph. It is transparent, hard to define, and punish for every spec of dust. In this post,…

Understanding Flash Sync, Shutter Curtains And High Speed Sync

Feb 28, 2011 Udi Tirosh

Photographer Paul Duncan put together a great instructional video explaining what those darn curtains are, and why they matter for flash photography. This excellent video,…



The Strobist Corner: Super Simple Gel Holder For “Strobist” Gels

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….



Creating “The Splash”

Feb 14, 2011 Udi Tirosh

Over the last few days, Flickr Explore has been sizzling with multiple pictures of Vincent Riemersma featuring splashes in wineglasses. We asked him to explain…



Create Geometric Light Painting Spirographs

Feb 2, 2011 Udi Tirosh

Spirals, I could talk for hours on end about what they are, their geometrical qualities, or the fact that earth will die without their existence….



21 Photographs And Lighting Setups For Every Occasion

Jan 25, 2011 Udi Tirosh

It would be very pretentious of me to declare that looking at the photographs and diagrams below will teach you how to light. That said,…



Video Light Painting – The Easy Way

Jan 17, 2011 Udi Tirosh

One of the most repeated questions we get on our light painting tuts is: “Yes, but how about video? Can you light paint in video?“…



Create An Automated Macro Rail For Image Stacking

Jan 13, 2011 Udi Tirosh

Do you find that producing sharp macro photographs is hard due to the super limited depth of field? The way to get around this is…