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Light Traveling With A Bass Case

Mar 9, 2011 Udi Tirosh

It’s amazing how a new gear bag can brighten up your day. And my new bag is certainly doing wonders for my mood. Up until…



American Chevy Light Painted As Ghost Car

Mar 7, 2011 Udi Tirosh

Photographer and Light Painter Wilhelm Wolcott painted this old Chevy as ghost with the hood half open-half closed. He shares how he got that look:



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,…



About Available Power, Being Nice To Earth and Saving Money

Feb 28, 2011 Udi Tirosh

As a child we used to have a special plastic container in the fridge. The battery container. At any given moment it had a about…

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,…



Build A Very Cheap Macro Extension Tube

Feb 23, 2011 Udi Tirosh

Have you ever wondered what’s the magical substance inside macro extension tubes? Very often they seem like they are just a piece of thick tube….



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….



Taking A Step Back To Snap Your Setup

Feb 15, 2011 Udi Tirosh

A shot while back I featured a post called 21 Photographs And Lighting Setups For Every Occasion. Not surprisingly the post featured a collection of…



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…



Controllable Smoke Makes a Huge Cleaning Tab

Feb 10, 2011 Udi Tirosh

A few days ago, Benjamin Von Wong (flickr) posted a photograph called Rejection to his photostream. It was quite an extra ordinary piece of work…