lighting
Doitall Flash Thingy
How about creating a thingy that is a bounce card, a softbox and a super bounce card. Nice isn’t it? Martin Kimeldorf is a regular…
Endless Backdrops (And Patterns) For a Penny
Two things about backdrops. 1. Studio backdrops are not cheap. A single color muslin backdrop can cost up to 30$ and the fancy ones with…
S@H – 7 Home Studio Lighting Options
There you have it. You managed to convince your wife/hubby to spare some space under the kitchen table where you can do your photo business…
Studio @ Home – Easy Lighting
Once we have explored location and a few basic backdrops options we are going to hit lighting. The backdrop assignment will be up next. However,…
Four Things You Can Do With Gels Plus A Photogels Bonus
Our friend Mason over at photogels.com is giving a 15% discount for gel packs for DIYP readers. If you wonder what Gels are good for,…
It’s All In The Cards
I love cards. When I was young I collected cards. Cards of anything and everything. I used to collect Rambo Cards, Fame cards (yes I…
Oh, V Cards
The following guest is written by Matt Haines (site, blog, Flickr). After surfing his awesome Flickr stream, I asked him if he’d like to share…
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….
The (Really HUGE) Kimel Bouncer
OK, we have done bouncers and diffusers before. We had a nice paper/foamy version of the LumiQuest and a nice paper version of the Stofen….
The Headphones Pop Up Flash Diffuser
In this article Mohamed Talal shows us how to make a simple diffuser for a DSLR pop up flash. There are three things that separate…







































