Tutorials
Lighting – High Key and Low Key
Oct 4, 2007
Udi Tirosh
After discussing contrast at a very top level view, I would like to introduce two twins, closely related to contrast – High Key and Low…
Studio Lighting – Homemade Gridspot
Oct 1, 2007
Udi Tirosh
Gridspot (or grid) is a studio accessory that you can attach to your flash. When the flash fires through the grid, the spread of the…
Back to Basics – Contrast
Sep 27, 2007
Udi Tirosh
In the last few weeks I’ve covered the basic exposure controls like aperture and shutter speed. I’ve also discussed the concept of depth of field…
The Standard 3-Point Lighting Technique
Sep 22, 2007
Udi Tirosh
One of the oldest lighting techniques in the book is called “Three Point Lighting”. It is vastly used in studio photography and by snobby fashion…
DIY built-in pop-up flash diffuser (soft screen)
Sep 22, 2007
Udi Tirosh
Why spend a fortune on an on-camera softscreen diffuser? (OK, 9 dollars are hardly a fortune, yet…). This guest post by Huy Hoang shows you…
Studio lighting – Homemade Softbox Ring For SB or Flash Speedlight
Sep 15, 2007
Udi Tirosh
Tim from Chicago was using translucent umbrellas to get diffusion out of his flash speedlights. This was his home grown studio. When he switched to…
Back To Basics – Exposure Demostrated
Sep 12, 2007
Udi Tirosh
After talking so much about exposure and the controls you can use to, em.. well… control it, I thought I’d bring up some info that…
DIY – Homemade Speedlite “Snoot”
Aug 31, 2007
Udi Tirosh
This guest post was written by Leann Wrightsman, a photo DIY-er extraordinaire. This snoot making article has one of the best effort to result ratio….
Very Cool Optical Slave Unit
Aug 19, 2007
Udi Tirosh
This guest post was made by Rolf Randby, the same person who wrote the Hot Shoe Adapter article. In fact, This slave trigger was the…
Back to Basics
Aug 19, 2007
Udi Tirosh
Isn’t it fun to take a pile of PVC pipes and turn it into a studio? Or to take an old sheet and make it…