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The Digital Holga?

Posted on 20 March, 20125 August, 2012 by Samuel M.
Posted In Gear Review, TipsTagged In holga, lens, toy camera

Some time ago, I wanted bad to shoot some film, yes you know I was practically born into the digital era (had a Pentax “digital camera” before my first Canon G3!!!). So I played a little with some films until my son decided that the film camera is his,and I Continue Reading

Using Speedlights With a Brolly

Posted on 23 February, 20124 September, 2012 by Samuel M.
Posted In DIY projects, Tips

As I might mention some posts before , my first try at more “normal” lighting diffusers, was some years back when a friend of mine (Chen, thank you!) got me a Photek Brolly from B&H, those where times where shipping wasn’t so easy to Israel and not so many alternatives for Continue Reading

RingFlash On The Budget – Part1

Posted on 17 February, 201220 February, 2012 by Samuel M.
RingFlash On The Budget – Part1
Posted In Tips

Hi, if you fancy a ring flash , but on the budget, this one is for you! It all started with two probably (I say probably cause I didn’t used them yet) great and very popular gadgets, those are: Ray Flash Ringflash Orbis Ring Flash Kit The only problem with Continue Reading

Panning Photography Tips – Circular Panning Trick

Posted on 14 December, 201118 December, 2011 by Samuel M.
Posted In Portrait Photography, Tips

We had an article about panning photography a couple of month ago, you can read it here – Panning Photography. In General panning is all about capturing images while the main photographed object is in some kind of move, what kind of movement? Any type, it can be a car Continue Reading

Lighting in 3D – Guest Post

Posted on 24 November, 201118 December, 2011 by Samuel M.
Posted In Portrait Photography, Tips

This time I want to introduce you with Matan Eshel a very talented proffesional Photographer from Israel, mainly photographing landscape,portraits and fashion photography. You can see some of his beauty work in his online gallery – Matan Eshel Photography . Matan writes here on his view on creating 3D view in Continue Reading

Two Lights Miniature Photography Home Studio Setup

Posted on 22 November, 201121 October, 2012 by Samuel M.
Two Lights Miniature Photography Home Studio Setup
Posted In Stills Photography, Tips

As I promised in the previous post, I have some new stuff, this time I’m showing a simple setup using two lights. This setup is based on the previous one, you can read here (Dramatic Product Photography using just one light and a grid) while adding a new light to Continue Reading

Dramatic Product Photography using just one light and a grid

Posted on 9 November, 201121 October, 2012 by Samuel M.
Dramatic Product Photography using just one light and a grid
Posted In Stills Photography, Tips

Hey, I remmeber a piece at McNielly about using an umbrella over your models head pointet from above just down on him.This makes a very dramatic look to the model (I didn’t found the image that I reffer to as it was on one of his DVDs – recommended) . Continue Reading

Low key photography principals

Posted on 15 January, 201125 February, 2012 by Samuel M.
Low key photography principals
Posted In Portrait Photography, Tips

Low key lighting is what how we call the lighting method, where the photographed subject is very much described by its edges in a very contrasted way.You’ll basically need only one main=key light to get that effect, while adding a reflector might add some light into the shadows. How to Continue Reading

The easiest product photography setup ever

Posted on 15 May, 201021 October, 2012 by Samuel M.
The easiest product photography setup ever
Posted In DIY projects, Stills Photography, Tips

One of the most popular question on the web, when starting to learn photography is how do improve your product photography. Somehow you don’t have to own an online ebay shop in order to be interested in product photography.It simply a common task to do when you start to explore Continue Reading

Tips for better panning photographs

Posted on 9 May, 201012 April, 2013 by Samuel M.
Tips for better panning photographs
Posted In Tips

Panning is a very nice and simple photographic effect, that is very simple to implement.I’m pretty sure had some panning in your photography even if you didn’t want to.For getting the panning effect right you have to follow the basic steps that I’ll talk about in the following post, the Continue Reading

Connect your camera tripod to your umbrela

Posted on 3 May, 20106 February, 2012 by Samuel M.
Posted In Tips

This post is for you guys that needed for some reason another umbrella, but what the heck, you don’t have another studio tripod that you can attach a swivel head that will hold the your flash and umbrella. So you are stuck? You say there must be a solution for Continue Reading

How to use an old light meter

Posted on 23 April, 201024 April, 2010 by Samuel M.
Posted In TipsTagged In light meter, manual light meter, old light meter

Lately I find it very fun to shoot some films with old and not automatic film cameras. I find it a joy to use those metallic old age cameras, and the look of the developed photographs is something different from the digital cameras too. There is something about the film Continue Reading

Indoor architecture photography tips

Posted on 17 April, 201018 April, 2010 by Samuel M.
Posted In Tips

My wife’s sister is an architect and as one she starts to work on an online internet portfolio. Many times before she goes out for a location, she asks me for some tips about how to shoot better photographs than using the automatic (P,Av,Tv) modes. So I have to be Continue Reading

How to use a small flash with an umbrela box (Brolly)

Posted on 25 March, 201022 March, 2010 by Samuel M.
Posted In Tips, Video

If you are into home studio photography,a good start be getting an umbrella softbox also known as brolly. Here are the basics steps to connect your umbrella softbox to a small camera flash.

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