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D3A – Fifth Prize Announcement
As promised in the D3A Photo Contest introduction post, I am going to count down the five D3A contest prizes in individual posts. Here we…
D3A – The Best Photography Contest Ever
UPDATE: prize giving rules have changed. Winners will select their own prizes starting with the first place going down. Almost three years ago today, I…
The Mother Of All Light Tents
Light tent, or Light box is a piece of lighting gear used mostly for product shots. It creates a nice, smooth, safe light with almost…
Impressionistic Light Paint Photography
As you probably know, one of my favorite techniques is light painting. This is why I was so happy when reader and artists Chris Kroeger…
It’s The Lens, Baby!
OK, the title has to be read British accent style ALA Austin Powers, cuz this is how much fun I had testing the Lensbaby composer….
The Light Stand Backdrop Holder Just Got Better
One of the simplest mods that were featured in DIYP is the lightstand to backdrop holder mod. It is fast to make, has some PVC…
Readers Projects – The Midas Umbrella Touch
Remember the story about that king from ancient Greek called Midas? Midas was a greedy, greedy king that loved gold more then life itself. In…
Something New – Two Winners, And Make Your Pick
This is it, the contest is almost over. This was a fun contest to run and submission taught me a great deal about how we…
Kimel’s Pop Up Flash Soft Box Diffuser
Here is another great one from Martin Kimeldorf, converting a LumiQuest popup diffuser into a softbox thingy. This will work great to add some direct…
Kevin Kertz’s Excellent Lighting Diagrams Tool Goes Online
Don’t we all love to make Lighting diagrams? They help us explain our lighting setups. They can also help us design a setup in advance….







































