Remember the photograph from the teaser? You want to get started?!! Here’s what you need : carton board (I used the leftovers from the DIY SoftBox project) a good pair of scisors one marker pen to mark the misures Big Ruler (40cm or more) Strong scotch tape An utility knife Continue Reading
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Photo effects with manual zooming your flash
One of he options for controlling the size of your flash light beam is using a snoot or a grid.Both of those methods will be introduce to you in very simple DIY projects that will improve your photographic creativity very fast and easy.But there is another way to control the Continue Reading
6 tips for amazing extreme macro photography
Tips from extreme macro photography. When you want to shoot macro-getting close into the objects,one option is to use a macro lens.I use the canon 100mm f/2.8 macro.The macro lens allows you to get very close to subjects and gets you 1:1 magnification. If you want to get extreme closeups Continue Reading
What this blog is about?
After publishing my first good looking DIY project-the DIY 40cm*40cm SoftBox,it got a lot of buzz and comments in the forums where I show the DIY project.One forum that I like the most (fredmiranda.com) got my thread into some kind of an argue about whether you should use this diy Continue Reading
4 Lighting gadgets you should consider for your off camera flash
In case you don’t like to do some DIY (I don’t know why cause it a fun thing to do),here are some gadgets for your hot shoe flash.I can promise that some of them will appear in the following weeks us DIY projects section and I promise to total cost Continue Reading
Simple Home Light Table Setup
There are times in which you want to take pictures of your products and don’t want to have any shadows beneath the products you are shooting.The simplest solution for those cases is to use a light table.Light table or iluminating panel is a thin device that is built of a Continue Reading
3.5 Of Camera Flash Sites you must visit
As I mentioned before,i do love photography a lot.It all started (my digital photography) some years ago when i first got a HP digital camera.I remember it was 3MP which was a lot for those days,with extremely bad image quality,but there where no many digital cameras for amateur photographers.After about a Continue Reading
Next DIY Project Teaser-20cm*20cm SoftBox + Grid
Will be published 5/Jul/2009 Yep,I know this is going to be interesting DIY project,but you have to be patience.This is the teaser for the 20cm*20cm SoftBox + Grid DIY project. As you can see this is the simple setup: Here are some pictures of the can of peaches jam that Continue Reading
Where I get the inspiration?
Where I get the inspiration? I believe that for starters and pro there is no limit for the ideas you can find on the net.Even if you think you know all,there is something new you could learn. Why I did my mini site is a good question.I realized is that Continue Reading
Quality of light-some example
Quality of light-simple example. As I finished making a soon to be published DIY 20cm*20cm Gird Softbox (this will be a good one!!) I found out that there is a couple of minutes left before Eitan’s bath to toy with my white umbrella.This is an example of what they say Continue Reading
Simple studio product photography setup
Easy to do small DIY product photography setup with home made lighting stuff. Simple studio product photography setup that will get this: You probably heard the words: “one pictures worth thausends words”…Yep today you must have good pictures of your products in order that the potential web costumer wil shop Continue Reading
The complete DIY SoftBox 40cm*40cm (for less than 10$!!!)
Learn how to build this great DIY softbox. A 40cm*40cm Softbox from scratch. Here’s what you need : 2 carton boards 100cm*70cm a good pair of scissors one marker pen to mark the measures Ruler (40cm or more) A measuring tape Tin foil (to act as the reflector in the Continue Reading
DIY SoftBox 40cm*40cm for Less Than 10 bucks – Part II
Amazon.com Widgets This is what you’ll finally get!!! After building the simple to do DIY soft box,it is time to make the “speed ring” for the soft box and put the diffuser on. What you need here is simple: 40cm*40cm DIY soft box (you did it in part I) A Continue Reading
DIY SoftBox 40cm*40cm for Less Than 10 bucks – Part I
Amazon.com Widgets Hey,in part I of this popular tutorial we’ll deal with the construction of the box itself. So lets start working. Here’s what you need : 2 carton boards 100cm*70cm a good pair of scisors one marker pen to mark the misures Ruler (40cm or more) A measuring tape Continue Reading