Using Reflectors

Photography reflectors are one of those things that I first thought was pretty useless. Over time I gave in and got a few and wow! I was so wrong! I regret my years of ignorance. I look back at a lot of images and now think, I really should have used a gold reflector in [...]

Make Your Own Backdrops

Here are a couple videos showing how to make a few different backdrops for your photography. I love these because you can create so many different looks with just a little work. They aren’t your basic canvas backdrops (I’ve included a canvas tutorial as well), these are more like propdrops. They also aren’t as cheap [...]

Jesse Rosten Uses 9 iPads for Photography Lighting

For some reason, this photographer has used 9 iPads to shoot this portrait session. Although very cool, I’m not sure how cost feasible it is. I mean what’s an iPad cost, like 500 bucks right? That’s like $4,500. Well the results are pretty awesome. So I say thanks to Jesse Rosten for footing the bill [...]

Find Out Who Unfriended You On FaceBook

By Following these simple steps you can find out who unfriended you on facebook. That’s right people, you thought everyone loved you, never suspecting or noticing your friend count slowly plunging below 2,000. But now with this nifty little plugin for firefox, you will know when you are unfriended. Here are the steps: 1. If [...]

Cut a Hole in Yourself for Halloween

There is not much info here, but it looks like you can use a digital camera attached to a Mini-DVD player to project whatever is directly behind you. Thus giving the impression that you have cut a hole in yourself. It looks like a pretty cool trick and I am assuming, if you are a [...]

Halloween Lantern Flash

Victor W. has devised a cool way to get some awesome Halloween type photos. By Hacking an old Kodak disposable flash, Victor has put together a really unique idea. Take time to read the full details of his build. ” That may have appeared a severe warning for a little circuit driven by a 1.5 [...]

Make Things Look Smaller With Tilt-Shift Photography

As many of you know I am a big fan of tilt-shift photography. I really enjoy the way it makes things look like toys. If you are looking for a DIY project, don’t own a Lens Baby and love tilt-shift, well this project is for you. Everything you need is really easy to find around [...]

DIY Table Steady Cam

I found this very cool DIY project via the DWF Blog, via DIY Photography. I can see how this small project can really add some fun to your photography. Especially since most DSLR cameras shoot HD Video now. This project looks very simple to make. Looks like you will need some pvc pipe, glue, and [...]

Friends With Benefits

Hey everyone are you fans of ThePerfectPose over on facebook? If you’re not we would like to cordially invite you to join in our discussions and photo critiquing. Please take a minute to “Like” our page, then stop by and post your favorite shot for review. We all contribute over there so remember if you [...]

How To Take A Self Portrait

Use this focus target to help get your self portrait sharp! This also helps if you are shooting kids or babies and you don’t want to be behind the camera. You can pre-focus on a specific spot, add some tape and you’re set. Now you can use Pocket Wizards to trigger your shutter. You’re going [...]

DIY Beauty Dish

A quick tutorial on how to make a beauty dish from a couple stainless steel bowls. Looks like your going to need a die grinder, a lid of some sorts, a drill and a couple bolts. It looks like a fun project for a Saturday afternoon. The beauty dish gets its name because of its [...]

DIY Speedlight Grid

Learn how to make your own Speedlight flash grid with black straws, matte board, and a beer koozie. Light grids work great on focusing light on a specific part of your subject. Grids take a wide beam of light and make it smaller. They are great for highlighting certain parts of an image.