Tutorials
Printing The Flash Mounted homemade DIY Softbox
I got lots of comments and question asking how to print the flash mounted homemade diy softbox. Some readers have had trouble printing the diagram…
Altoids To The Rescue – The Minty Strobe
There is some great stuff going on at DIYPhotography.net instructables group. This fantastic group is a true demonstration of the DIY spirit that is behind…
Lighting – Low key Lighting Setups
Last week I have talked about an important aspect of any picture – contrast. It was only natural to follow up with an article about…
Studio Lighting – Great Way To Build a Ringlight
Reader Bankara has followed up on the cheap ringlight article with another very affordable ringlight. Not as cheap as the one you can get from…
Studio Lighting – Lighting Diagrams, Planning and Explaining
Sometimes you want to make a diagram of your photo session. (OK, sometimes you don’t, but sometimes you do). I, for example, am going to…
Lighting – High Key and Low Key
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
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
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
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)
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…








































