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    One Light Portrait Setup #2 – Stick ‘Em In The Corner
    Oct 18, 2010 Udi Tirosh

    A long while back I read a semi-theoretical post about using a room corner and a brolli as a full-fledged setup. As a preparation for…

    DIY Three Strobes Bracket Will Triple Your Light
    Oct 15, 2010 Udi Tirosh

    We’ve had our share of dual strobe mounts before, but this is a first for a triple mount. And you’d need every bit of that…

    Using a Kitchen Timer To Create Panning Timelapse Movies
    Oct 14, 2010 Udi Tirosh

    We have had a post before where we shoed how to use a canon G9 camera and a bunch of opensource photography software (mainly CHDK)…

    Radio Slave Triggers – PocketWizard Review – Part 1
    Oct 12, 2010 Udi Tirosh

    If you remember a while ago, I was full of pain about my crappy you-get-what-you-pay-for radio slaves. When they worked, it was a match made…

    Spill Control Diffusion Screens
    Oct 11, 2010 Udi Tirosh

    The cardboard light tent is a constantly popular post here at DIYP, and no wonder it is one of the easiest ways for shoot a…

    For Halloween – The Strob-O-Lantern
    Oct 7, 2010 Udi Tirosh

    With Halloween just around the corner I thought that showcasing a nice scary photograph may be inspirational. Of course, since this is DIYP there’s a…

    Endlessly Power Your Flash Lights With A Flashlight
    Sep 28, 2010 Udi Tirosh

    Photographer Matt Kenney came up with quite a clever way to provide external power to his battery operated strobe (Canon 430EXII). Instead of building a…

    DIY Portable Wedding Photo Booth
    Sep 27, 2010 Udi Tirosh

    There’s an interesting Instructable over at (ehem…) Instructables that deals with all aspects of creating a Photo Booth. The Photo Booth was built by the…

    Quick Tip: Semi Improvised Sand Bags
    Sep 26, 2010 Udi Tirosh

    A few days ago, I shared how I took photographs for an instructions manual. There was lot of good feedback on that post and the…

    How To Take Photographs For Manuals
    Sep 23, 2010 Udi Tirosh

    I am involved with a large project that needs photographs for their step-by-step instructions manual. The same regular lighting and placement challenges are there, but…