Tutorials

    DIY Lighting – Trading Your GPS For a Flash
    Oct 31, 2007 Udi Tirosh

    When strolling at my local autostore I stumbled across this very interesting gadget. (Well, not exactly this interesting gadget, but a close sibling). It is…

    Printing The Flash Mounted homemade DIY Softbox
    Oct 26, 2007 Udi Tirosh

    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
    Oct 26, 2007 Udi Tirosh

    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
    Oct 22, 2007 Udi Tirosh

    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
    Oct 13, 2007 Udi Tirosh

    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
    Oct 6, 2007 Udi Tirosh

    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
    Oct 4, 2007 Udi Tirosh

    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
    Oct 1, 2007 Udi Tirosh

    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
    Sep 27, 2007 Udi Tirosh

    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
    Sep 22, 2007 Udi Tirosh

    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…