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The Bokeh Shape-O-Matic. One of the more popular posts here at DIYP is Create your own Bokeh.

It shows you how to add hearts or stars (or skulls) shapes to your picture. I can totally understand it. It is a quick project, it’s fun and it takes nothing more than a piece of black paper and a puncher, or scissors. I have to say, though, that making a few of those fun widgets takes time. It also eats space in the camera bag. Let’s go over the check list: Stars – check. The thing I like about this little strip of black paper is that it saves lots of room in your camera bag.

With Valentine coming, it is the perfect excuse to get a nice 50mm 1.8 lens to get that kitschy picture of your loved one. If you want to learn how this Bokeh thing actually works, you can check out manimal magic’s great explanation of this technique. Exploring Small Strobes: Why should I Use a Speedlight. Welcome to this multi-part series of articles on Exploring Small Strobes by Yanik Chauvin from Yanik’s Photo School.

You’ve probably heard or read this a gazillion times by other photographers so I thought that I would be the gazilionth and one to tell you that creating a great photo is all about lighting. Light is what sculpts your scene. You can have the best composed shot but if your lighting is crap, good chances that your shot will be also. And sometimes to get good light, you’ll need to work with artificial light sources. One of the most popular light source used by photographers are strobes; also called flashes. Exploring Small Strobes: Why Use Speedlights Off Camera. Welcome to this multi-part series of articles on Exploring Small Strobes by Yanik Chauvin from Yanik’s Photo School.

In part 1 on Exploring Small strobes, I looked at why using flash guns instead of the built-in flash and studio strobes. Today, I’ll be going through the importance of using your speedlight off camera. So, we already know that direct flash from your built-in flash gives unflattering results, to say the least. Using your speedlight in the same way won’t change much. I did mention that you can redirect the light by rotating the head of your flash gun and bouncing the light off ceilings and walls but you’re still very limited in your creativity.

FOLLOW THIS SERIES OF ARTICLES! To get back to the title of this article “why use speedlights off camera”, it can be summed up into a few words: Total creative light control. Exploring Small Strobes: Going Wireless. Welcome to this multi-part series of articles on Exploring Small Strobes by Yanik Chauvin from Yanik’s Photo School.

In part 1 on Exploring Small strobes, I looked at why using flash guns instead of the built-in flash and studio strobes. In part 2, I went through the importance of using your speedlight off camera. What I’ll be going through today, in part 3, is looking at how to trigger and control your speedlights off camera; more specifically wirelessly. You’re probably saying to your self, it’s about time Yanik gets to the practical stuff! Exploring Small Strobes: Speedlight Accessories. [SB600] en esclave, déclenché par le flash intégré du D200: mode d'emploi : Les tutoriels matériel et prise de vue. Toi aussi Fabrique ton Bol Beauté - Make your own Beauty Dish truc much ! - Bricolage photo. Bricolage flash pour macro à partir du flash intégré ? - Bricolage photo.

Articles » Expérience utilisateur : fabriquer son studio photo. NDLR : Sane79 a souhaité partager son expérience photo studio @home avec tous les lecteurs du site. Il décrit ci-dessous comment il a monté son studio photo tout seul, et nous montre ses premiers résultats. Idéal pour ceux qui veulent se donner une idée de faire un studio pour pas cher … Le studio en pièces détachées Depuis mon début dans la photographie, l’idée de me faire un mini studio photo me trottait dans la tête. Sur le net, on trouve toutes sortes de packs studio, mais les prix pour un petit travailleur comme moi (ou vous ?

Faire un studio est réservé à l’élite ? Non bien sûr, car en fouinant sur le net, ci et là, on peut trouver, sur les forums, différentes astuces pour fabriquer soit même son studio photo. Photoflex Lighting School - Your Free Lighting Lesson Resource. Basic Lighting A good place to start.

These lessons demonstrate professional lighting techniques using only basic lighting tools. The First Studio LiteIgloo. Home - Bron Elektronik AG. Créer son studio photo chez soi, avec du matériel abordable (vidéo) - J&R Photographie. 43 Photography Hacks, Mods And DIY Projects. Flash » 25 vidéos sur l’éclairage en studio. 25 vidéos sur l’éclairage en studio Par bokeh • 9 avr, 2009 • Catégorie: Flash Je sais qu’il existe parmis vous, des fans de la lumière en studio. Les vidéos que je liste ci-dessous vous donnerons des conseils sur l’éclairage en studio mais aussi sur l’utilisation des accéssoires. Bon visionnage ! 7 Lighting Tutorials to Make Your Photos Stand Out. Light is the soul of an image.

So, learning to manipulate light in order to produce the results you had in mind before you capture the image is an integral part to becoming a better photographer. Inherently in the learning process, there’s a lot of experimention. As they say, “learn by doing” and “practice makes perfect.” However, there are a number of great resources to help steer you in the right direction – all available for free on the Interwebs. Here’s 7 lighting tutorials that will help make your photos stand out. 1. The Strobist’s multipart introduction to off-camera flash is the place for anyone new to artificial lighting to start. 2. Zack Arias provides a thorough breakdown on putting together a white seamless background with proper exposures for both the subject and the background. 3.

A great tutorial from Lighting Essentials with examples of how to make that smooth spray light on backgrounds that helps to give portraits a professional edge. 4. 5. 6. 7. Carbonmade : Your online portfolio. Aube Nature, le blog photo nature. Amazing Light Paintings by Trevor Williams [25 pics] Light Painting by Trevor Williams A self-proclaimed ‘camera freak’, Trevor Williams is an expert at light painting and night photography.

Armed with a palette of custom light painting gadgets and tools he fabricated himself, Trevor creates incredible works of photographic art that have to be seen to believe. Below you will find a small sample of his awesome work along with a brief overview of what exactly light painting is. Certified BADASS! Light painting, also known as light drawing or light graffiti, is a photographic technique in which exposures are made usually at night or in a darkened room by moving a hand-held light source or by moving the camera. The term light painting also encompasses images lit from outside the frame with hand-held light sources. WHAT IS LIGHT PAINTING? The light can either be used to selectively illuminate parts of the subject or to “paint” a picture by shining it directly into the camera lens. Aperture is also an important variable in light painting.