Tutorials

    Use Light Stencils To Create Amazing Light Paintings
    Nov 19, 2010 Udi Tirosh

    As you may already be aware, light painting is the process of moving light sources around during a single exposure to create an overall shot….

    Huge iPad Arrays Used As Portrait Lights
    Nov 8, 2010 Udi Tirosh

    What happens when you cross Kirk Tuck’s insatiable love for LED panels with Jim Goldstein’s unstopped craving for iPads? Nothing, ’till you add in a…

    High Speed Photography – Let Arduino turn The Lights Off For You
    Nov 7, 2010 Udi Tirosh

    If you’re reading DIYP for a while you probably know that High Speed Photography is not about high shutter speeds. Au contraire. It is about…

    DIY Lightstand Bag Makes Your Assistant’s Life Easier
    Nov 4, 2010 Udi Tirosh

    Lagging lightstands is a bummer. They don’t fit in the bag. They are hard and pointy, and in general they create traction. Lots of traction….

    Need. Bigger. Light
    Nov 3, 2010 Udi Tirosh

    Sometimes, a small softbox would not do it. You just need a bigger light. The thing is that bigger modifiers eat more light up. This…

    The $10 DIY Foamcore Softbox
    Oct 28, 2010 Udi Tirosh

    In this tutorial I will explain how I built the softbox used to take the image on the left. It is a 40cm X 40cm…

    Reverse Engineer This Light – Resolved
    Oct 27, 2010 Udi Tirosh

    Two days a ago e made a little challenge here on DIYP, to try and reverse engineer the lighting on this portrait. A wonderful strobist…

    Pictorial: A Sync Port Mod For The YN-460II Manual Strobe
    Oct 26, 2010 Udi Tirosh

    I am not surprised that the YN460II strobe is gaining popularity with a price tag around $60 (or even less if you’re an eBay kinda…

    Reverse Engineer This Light
    Oct 25, 2010 Udi Tirosh

    Update: Full setup description (and a peep to my living room) here. you are still encouraged to do the exercise. This one is a great…

    DIY Beauty Dish Fight At High Noon
    Oct 19, 2010 Udi Tirosh

    Have you ever wondered what are the subtle differences between various home brewed beauty dishes? Photographer Ed McGowan had just the same question in mind….