Tutorials

    Watch the Signs – Five Ways to Corespond With Signs in Your Photography
    Jan 7, 2008 Udi Tirosh

    Signs are great resource of photography inspiration. Why? Signs usually carry a clear message. Clear message is a good thing: you can echo, contradict or…

    What Can You do With Six Speedlights and a Coffee Can
    Jan 3, 2008 Udi Tirosh

    I should have seen this one coming. What can you do if you have a ton of SBs and a bit of duct tape? A…

    The Party Bouncer is Back in Business (Card)
    Dec 28, 2007 Udi Tirosh

    Yet another small internal flash bouncer. I really like this one since it is the fastest one to make yet. I’ll estimate about 15 seconds….

    DIY Wax-Fen Flash Diffuser – Yet Another Bouncy Thingy
    Dec 14, 2007 Udi Tirosh

    This guest post by Rick S. (aka therickman), Pittsburgh, PA. features a stofen like device for no money at all. (OK, 2 cents, if you…

    DIY Studio Lighting – The Strip Light That Won’t Strip You
    Nov 25, 2007 Udi Tirosh

    Photographer David Greene was kind enough to share a cool lighting technique he uses for fashion photography. Using your everyday florescence fixtures and bulbs, David…

    Ringlight Bonanza with Joris van den Heuvel
    Nov 25, 2007 Udi Tirosh

    Not so long ago, I got a mail from a reader and fellow DIYer Joris van den Heuvel. Joris referred me to his site where…

    DIY homemade GaryFong Like Light Sphere
    Nov 14, 2007 Udi Tirosh

    Gary Fong has become a de-facto standard for speed light diffusion. The accessories made by Gary include the famous Lightsphere and lots of other small…

    Great High Speed Photography Trigger by Tom Barnett
    Nov 5, 2007 Udi Tirosh

    Tom Barnett (pxlsnfr) has come up with some great High Speed Photography shots. Tom uses very basic circuitry to trigger the flash on “hearing noise”…

    Lighting – Low key Lighting Setups
    Oct 22, 2007 Udi Tirosh

    Last week I have talked about an important aspect of any picture – contrast. It was only natural to follow up with an article about…

    Studio Lighting – Lighting Diagrams, Planning and Explaining
    Oct 6, 2007 Udi Tirosh

    Sometimes you want to make a diagram of your photo session. (OK, sometimes you don’t, but sometimes you do). I, for example, am going to…