I dug this out of my archive while continuing to work on further organizing my image library in Lightroom. The Setup This is a very simple (and cheap) DIY lighting setup that I executed in our living room near the front door entrance. Using my daughter as a model, I placed her in front of [...]
Photo courtesy of ilco on stock.xchng. Originally found on Digital Photography School, this post by guest blogger Kat Landreth is great for those looking to add a few inexpensive odds and ends to their equipment collection. Photography can be an expensive hobby. Cameras cost a bundle and lenses for DSLRs often cost a lot more [...]
Creative professionals are continually pressured to “think outside the box” in order to push the limits of their creativity. But, sometimes, it’s thinking inside the box (pun intended) that produces some great results. Photographer Murry McMaster created a very simple softbox with nothing more than a styrofoam cooler, and the results are fairly impressive. While [...]
Anyone think it’s difficult or expensive to get professional quality lighting? Here are a couple lighting setups to debunk those myths. I was inspired to try out a couple ideas that I had generated on the drive home from the office recently, so immediately upon arriving at my abode I furiously turned the living room [...]
How many time have you found yourself laying in the mud or standing on someone’s shoulders in order to capture a unique angle of your subject? I know I have more often than I would like to think, but a simple solution is to let Live View be the liaison to your eyes. The Problem [...]
Many of today’s dSLRs, if not most, are equipped with mirror lock-up/live view functionality. Does your camera have this option? If so, do you use it?
Is it the highest honor a civilian can receive? Not really, but I still think it’s pretty cool. In viewing my Flickr traffic and comments today I discovered that my DIY FrankenFoto reflective umbrella is featured on the home page of DIYPhotography.net! DIYPHotography.net is a place where I have drawn a lot of inspiration and [...]
While I often fantasize about expensive equipment and a large studio layout, I operate on a very minimal budget, which often leads me to be creative and develop my own equipment, dubbed “FrankenFoto.” And, this is one of my lovable “monsters.” What brought this particular model about was necessity. As I’ve said before, necessity if [...]
