studio photography

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…



Here’s why you need a sound stage to raise your videos to the next level

Nov 12, 2022 Sonia Klug

When we think of video, we naturally think of moving images as the main component. Yet a comprehensive study for the Journal of the Audio Engineering…



Follow these five tips to make your first studio shoot less scary

Nov 2, 2022 Dunja Đuđić

If you’re used to natural lighting, photographing in a studio for the first time can be overwhelming. If you don’t have a place to play…