studio photography
How to DIY your own budget studio flag/reflector clamps
Sep 6, 2023
Jake Hicks
We all know there is a seemingly limitless amount of gear we can get for the studio, and clamps seemingly make up a large part…
Lighting setup: Gelled portraits, or how to color-grade in-camera
Jun 21, 2023
Jake Hicks
Gelled lighting can be tricky. It either totally dominates a shot or the colours get washed out and lose impact. In this deceptively simple lighting…
Lighting setup: Simple long exposure LED portraits
Apr 28, 2023
Jake Hicks
Long-exposure photography has been around as long as photography itself, but it’s had a tentative relationship with its audience over the years. 20+ years ago…
Here’s what happens when AI writes your photoshoot setup
Mar 9, 2023
Dunja Đuđić
Here at DIYP, we’ve had a lot of fun playing with ChatGPT and asking it all sorts of stuff. Udi asked it to make a…
Lighting Setup: How to build and use a DIY Scrim in the Studio
Mar 1, 2023
Jake Hicks
There are quite literally thousands of lighting modifiers on the market today, but which ones are good, which ones should you avoid and… can you…
I am a studio photographer and I don’t want to use flash anymore
Feb 26, 2023
Vlad Moldovean
As a passionate photographer, I started my journey years ago by transforming my bedroom into a DIY studio. With nothing but a bucket of paint…
How to shoot great one-light portraits in a tiny home studio
Feb 16, 2023
John Aldred
Learning to shoot portraits at home is often a struggle. Even when you can convince one of your family members to hop in front of…
Here’s how to figure out what size and shape of softbox you should buy
Feb 2, 2023
John Aldred
Very early on in the journey of a photographer’s transition to flash, particularly studio strobes, the first question we find ourselves asking is “what modifiers…
Lighting setup: How to make projection backgrounds
Jan 25, 2023
Jake Hicks
I’ve been using projectors in my photoshoots for many, many years now and I’ve been writing about how to utilise the power of projectors in…
DIY video cart – A studio cart for under $300
Jan 8, 2023
Udi Tirosh
As the name suggests, a studio cart (a.k.a video cart or tethering cart) is a cart for your studio. Duh. As your studio grows and…