Photoshoot and Beyond
I converted an IKEA lamp to a beauty dish a while ago and I was surprised of the result. I found a description when I was looking for other things and got curious if that really would work. I decided to try and I bought one at a visit to IKEA. But the …
Photographer Manuel Cafini recently posted a great series of images on how he built up his own SLA based battery packs for his speedlights to help improve recycle times and give him a bit more power. The tools and construction is fairly basic if you’re confident with a soldering iron, but you’re still dealing with electricity here, so if you try […]
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A few weeks ago, we shared a video from professional skier Nicolas Vuignier wherein he used a clever DIY setup to capture bullet-time video using only his iPhone. The resulting footage was both incredibly unique and absolutely mesmerizing. Today, we get an inside look at how Vuignier created the rig that holds his iPhone in […]
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Here is one of the cooler projects for LED panels that I’ve seen. Unlike the ‘usual’ LED panels, those panels are mounted on flexible material so they can be folded and mounted pretty much anywhere. DIYPerks is using MARSWELL LEDs for good color rendition. if you look at the photo below you can see how 80+ […]
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We’ve featured a few DIY Beauty Dishes in the past, from the very cheap to the super cheap, but few of those builds would blend into a professional studio quite as well as this one. In this video, French photographer, Antony Gomes, and the team at Shootr show us how they built theirs. Starting with an Ikea […]
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DIY Drones are wonderful and powerful tools designed with some of the best gimbal systems around. While the gimbals are obviously useful when flying throughout the skies, it’s equally good on land…so long as you can somehow hold your drone. Enter the DIY 3D-printed handle for DJI’s Phantom 3 drone. Created by Thingiverse user Zoti […]
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Sometimes, getting a sweet lighting setup is a matter of pure luck and this is the case with this setup. I’ll collect setups like tools, so this one is just another tool in my toolbox now. Anyways, back to the story. Here is my issue, taking a portrait whist using a single key light and […]
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Did you ever think that you could build a motorized camera slider from the junk laying around in your garage? Well, the folks at Make: have you covered. We’ve covered some very cheap DIY camera sliders builds in the past, but if a $50 DIY slider or even a $20 DIY slider is still beyond your […]
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When it comes to LED lights and light panels you usually get what you pay for. Durability, battery efficiency, CRI and color consistency are just some of the factors which are going to contribute toward the price of commercial LED lighting solutions, which is often very high (although, there are exceptions). But what can you do if you just want to have […]
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So, this article is for stylish-or-so (mostly wedding) photographers on a budget; if you were looking for a DIY honeycomb speedlight grid that is sleek, easy to mount and efficient, to use on your strobes during balls, parties and any low light dynamic situations that you might face during your events, you might be interested in this […]
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