flash photography
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…
Studio lighting – Homemade Softbox Ring For SB or Flash Speedlight
Tim from Chicago was using translucent umbrellas to get diffusion out of his flash speedlights. This was his home grown studio. When he switched to…
DIY – Using Clamps As Flash Light Stands
As part of the light stand frenzy that’s been going on here, I thought I’d introduce you to another way of placing a flash on…
DIY – hacking the sync outled for an ebay remote
I finally got my slave flash from eBay. This is extra cool, because unlit now I had to choose between two alternatives – none was…
DIY – Homemade Speedlite “Snoot”
This guest post was written by Leann Wrightsman, a photo DIY-er extraordinaire. This snoot making article has one of the best effort to result ratio….
DIY – The Plaster Spatula Lighting Stand
One of the challenging lighting setups that I have encountered deals with setting up a lighting environment in small spaces. Spaces like working dens, children…
Very Cool Optical Slave Unit
This guest post was made by Rolf Randby, the same person who wrote the Hot Shoe Adapter article. In fact, This slave trigger was the…
Flash photography – ACE of bounce
Step right up, young man, my lady. Come photographers – You are about to see some card magic that will leave you amazed. This very…
Two wacky ideas for DIY project
So, it turns out that there are some great DIY going on and that people will stop at nothing to get their perfect shot. Be…





































