Overview
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Learn how to build an accessory that will improve your photography.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- The DIY Photographer series introduction
- Potato chip can trick for macro photography
- Using a chain as a stabilizer for your camera
- Making a flash diffuser out of a plastic cup
- Creating a low-cost constant lighting setup
- Light diffusion with parchment paper
- Choosing the right fabric for your backdrop
- Setting up a studio-style backdrop workspace
- Building a double flash head holder
- The many uses of binder clips
- Using foil as a fun and easy backdrop
- Creating natural light diffusion with mylar
- Using wallpaper as a portrait backdrop
- Using a painter pole to get an aerial-type look
- Another clever binder clip trick
- Rigging up a cold shoe accessory bar
- Building a ground-level light and camera stand
- Adding cold shoe support to a handheld tripod
- Constructing a large v-flat diffusion panel
- Making your own diffusion panels for hot-light work
- Creating your own shadow casters
- Constructing a massive but inexpensive soft box
- Fabricating false walls for a clever backdrop solution
- Creating simple but effective reflective panels
- A creative solution for overhead photography
- Constructing a low-cost camera dolly
