I’ve been doing a fair amount of landscape stuff lately, which means I spend a fair amount of time out in the sun. After my last outing with Tiho and our hike to the Staunton River Bridge I resolved to find a good hat.
I believe I have found it. It’s made by Tula [...]
I’m still planning another post on the Softlighter, but I’ve got to find one more cable before I can get back to that. My intent when I got that modifier was to use my Vivitar 285HV’s in tandem. The only problem is, my triggers use 2.5mm plugs instead of the more normal 3.5mm [...]
I spent a bit of time this morning looking for softboxes for speedlights and I’m flat out amazed at how much people are willing to spend on these things. There’s really not much at all to a softbox… a lightweight shell with a reflective surface and a diffuser of some sort to soften [...]
For quite some time I’ve been wanting a mechanism to support a laptop in my truck. I’ve had a few different concepts in mind, from a wedge of foam to fill the passenger seat to various other not-so-great ideas. A week or two ago I saw a setup that intrigued me so I [...]
***UPDATE*** Photos of the semi-finished rig are in my Flickr Stream. Full write up to come (eventually).
I know I’ve been promising a more detailed write up of my shooting table, but that’ll just have to wait. Currently I’m neck deep in designing a PVC Ring Light. Here’s the design so far…
I’ll be [...]
Holy mackeral… this is a beautiful DIY project from a guy named Joe Holst. I’ve been thinking about a light like this for a long time (I even have a ring cut and waiting under the house), but this trumps anything I’ve ever imagined.
One of the problems with DIY gear is that—unless it’s [...]
After much hemming and hawing, I got a new body last week: the Canon EOS 50D. It’s quite a step up from my 10D, to say the least.
I’m hardly the guy you’d come to for a comprehensive review, so let me just hit a few of the high spots.
It’s oh so much faster than [...]
A couple months ago, after selling my Alien Bee strobes, I decided to go the way of the strobist. After a little research I settled on the Vivitar 285HV as my lightgun of choice, and I picked up two for $90 a piece at B&H.
What I didn’t know, or didn’t pay attention to, was [...]
The new tripod legs that I bought on eBay arrived this afternoon, which is appropriate because this I also happened to get the winning bid in on a ball head. I expect that will get here next Wednesday or so.
First off, I’m really impressed with the look of the thing. It just oozes cool (and [...]
Not quite titanium alloy, but carbon fiber and magnesium…
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I managed to sneak in and win these new tripod legs this evening. My current tripod situation is rather dismal. I’ve been schlepping around a beat up Velbon cheapo tripod for a few years, and it’s so far from being [...]