Tutorials
City Rising Shows The Beauty Of Toronto And Offers Some Interesting Thoughts On Timelapsing
It is hard to believe that photographer Tom Ryaboi only picked up time lapsing about a year before delivering City Rising – a beautiful time…
The Box – How To Build, Light & Shoot A Photography Set On A Budget
Like most projects, this one started with a very small and vague idea. I thought it would be cool to build a set that would…
10 Photography Lighting Tutorials From Beginners to Pros
Mastering light — or even just taming it– is one of the biggest and most difficult challenges facing any photographer. Regardless of whether you shoot…
Ditching Dark-Frame Subtraction for Manual Noise Reduction
Even with the more modern cameras and advanced sensors, noise is still a big issue when it comes to dark long exposures. Most cameras have…
Fresh Baked Flash – How (Not) To Dry A Wet Strobe
When you spend a significant amount of time shooting underwater photography with a set of strobes in DIY underwater strobe housings, sooner or later you’re…
How to Write a Better Photography Bio
As photographers, it’s our job to make people look good. It’s interesting, then, how difficult it can be for so many of us to write…
A Neat Trick For Balancing Fire And Night Skies In Light Painting
One of the harder elements on light painting is balancing night skies and fire. Fire requires small aperture, while sucking in the light from the…
How To Make Money from Photography – Tough Love From Heisler
Ever wanted to know what exactly it takes to get hired as a professional photographer? Here is some tough love from one of the best…
Light Goes On Light Animates A Skateboarding, Breakdancing Skeleton
It has been quite a while since we shared a good light painting movie here on DIYP. Light Goes On by light artist Darren Pearson…
A DIY AirGap Flash Is Something We Definitely Don’t Recommend
Last week we shared a new AirGap flash available for about $2,000 and a healthy dose of convincing of the manufacturer. Now there is anoter…




































