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 [...]
Become a fan on Facebook and receive exclusive offers and discounts. Last evening I had the opportunity to do a maternity shoot with my wife’s friend (and mine, too), Lindsey. We settled on shooting at the local community park and prayed that the alleged possible thunderstorms would hold off. Fortunately they did, and we had [...]
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 [...]
As most any parent knows, children love to go to parks, and in the interest of Father’s Day we all decided to pay a visit to our local community park this evening. I viewed this as a great opportunity to do some photography, so I quickly packed a few items, grabbed my homemade FrankenFoto umbrella, [...]
DAILY PHOTO – Yeah, I know… My “daily photo” postings have been a little sparse as of late. But, hey, I’ve been busy, so look on the bright side. Today I was doing some product photography for an ad I’m working on, and as I was passing through the retail showroom I saw these wooden [...]
