If you'd like to experiment with studio flash configurations but you're short on the space or money to buy heavy-duty flash stands, this video tutorial details how to make portable flash stands using lightweight tent poles.
It seems logical that the same things we use to keep ourselves dry would keep our gadgets dry as well—hence photography website DIYPhotography's simple guide for turning a pair of rain pants into a weather shield for your camera.
You don't have to search for very long to find a variety of printable bounce cards online, but most of them look cheap. Use this printable template to put together a free, effective, and good-looking bounce card.
Ever notice how older-model televisions and monitors have that scanning-in-progress look in video and photographs? That's because your lens is literally capturing the set in the middle of a screen refresh. You can avoid that effect with some camera adjustment.Photo by dailyinvention.
If you were impressed by the interesting results and novelty of a plain old pinhole camera, you'll want to check out these crazy pinhole cameras and their month long exposures.You read that correctly. Ultra slow pinhole photographers use special paper that takes months of light streaming through the pinhole to develop. From Ollipekka Kangas, a slow pinhole photographer:
Scottish photojournalist Harry Benson, who's captured some amazing frames of The Beatles, world leaders, and historic events, gives the New York Times his best tip for shooting at night or in low natural light.He doesn't lighten or otherwise touch his photos with image editors, and his secret to shooting in low light is simple: