It’s a long holiday weekend which means the beach, BBQ, and DIY projects! If you’re going out to Home Depot to pick up a few tools to fix something around the house, make sure you add bead foam to your shopping list.
When showcasing products on an online store or social media, capturing their photos at the correct angle makes all the difference. That’s where the photo light boxes with portable setups come into play and reduce the harsh shadows to make sure your product pictures are clear and detailed while you take them. In this article, … Read more
Let’s get experimental with our portraits. Today, I’ll be walking through how to capture long exposure light painting portraits using a $20 DIY light ring. Video: How to Create Light Painting Portraits With a DIY Light Ring I always like to have fun with portraits and it’s important to remember that you don’t always need … Read more
Looking to change up your dramatic lighting with a single light source? In today’s video, I’ll be walking through how to create a DIY studio lighting setup for dramatic editorial portraits. Video: DIY Studio Lighting Setup for Dramatic Editorial Portraits This DIY studio lighting setup is quite simple and is designed to mimic the look … Read more
Let’s face it, buying photography equipment can add up easily. It’s usually not a good sign when your memory card wallet has more content than your actual wallet. So to take a break from all the gear lust barrage that we had during Photokina week, take a look at Expert Photography’s 10 DIY Photography Projects to Save You Money.
If you’ve ever made a “talking head” video for anyone, you know how critical a teleprompter can be for a streamlined workflow. Almost any pro talent will know how to interact with a prompter, and even non pros may find it easier to read from a prompter than to memorize text. So, if you’re doing … Read more
Even if you like to buy all your gear, you may find it hard to find V-Flats to buy, and you can make brilliant ones like this for little time and money.
I’m sure we’ve all seen them on Instagram, Facebook, youtube, or whatever other platforms you can think of – The infamous DIY/Hack photo trick videos. But, just how many of these “hacks” are actually real and achievable? Some may be far more faked than you realize, and to the trained eye, it’s kind of painfully … Read more
In this video, we’ll teach you how to make an affordable DIY flare ring to add interest to your images.
Before I go into too much detail about how exactly I shot this Image I wanted to take a minute and talk about WHY I took this image. Three and a half months ago my wife and I welcomed the newest member of our family to the world, and being a photographer I wanted some of those awesome newborn portraits that I always see on Facebook and Pinterest. I thought I could do it myself. How hard could it be, right?
You can create beautiful images in any space. Here’s how.
