This is missionary and educator Leroy Adams, whom I had the privilege of photographing, along with his wife, at their home just the other weekend.

Get great results from your photography while saving a ton with this great little do-it-yourself alternative to the Gary Fong Lightsphere!

There are often times when you need to place a light or other piece of equipment in a location that just does not facilitate a light stand or tradition mounting apparatus. Enter the invention of the ever-so-versatile super clamp. This device allows you to mount anything from lights to cameras in a variety of locations, [...]

About a year ago I began following the work of Netherlands photographer Ragoem Kleczewski, a great photographer and avid do-it-yourself-er whose equipment hacks and tricks have also been featured on the likes of diyphotography.net. Apart from his immense visual creativity, his DIY equipment and setups have served as inspiration for a variety of my own [...]

In similar fashion to my other diagrams, this lighting setup is very minimal and easy to replicate while at the same time providing maximum results. I used this layout on a recent maternity shoot to illuminate the mother’s belly while doing some indoor shots in a formal dining room. However, this setup can easily be [...]

This video by Chase Jarvis offers twelve camera and photo tips for the point-and-shoot or professional dSLR camera, including simple hacks and some nifty DIY.

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 [...]

For those who associate with me on Facebook and Twitter, you have heard me comment about the absolutely stunning, almost ethereal quality of fall and winter sunlight, especially that which strikes the earth in the late afternoon. And a shoot from this past week stands as perfect testimony to that fact. This is from a [...]