The DIY Photographer
2h 39mBeginner2016-04-29
Authors
Joseph "PhotoJoseph" Linaschke
Photographic Storyteller, Educator, PhotoApps.Expert
Course details
In the world of photography, even the simplest accessories can cost a few days' salary. The answer? Don't buy it. Build it!
That's the idea behind The Do-It-Yourself Photographer. Photographer and educator Joseph Linaschke shows how you can fashion ordinary items—from plastic cups to clamps to parchment paper—into accessories that will improve lighting, stabilize your camera, and much more.
So roll up your sleeves and break out the gaffer's tape. Learn how to become a DIY photographer.
That's the idea behind The Do-It-Yourself Photographer. Photographer and educator Joseph Linaschke shows how you can fashion ordinary items—from plastic cups to clamps to parchment paper—into accessories that will improve lighting, stabilize your camera, and much more.
So roll up your sleeves and break out the gaffer's tape. Learn how to become a DIY photographer.
Skills covered
Analog PhotographySerial (Weekly)Photography
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - The DIY Photographer series introduction
1. DIY Techniques
- 02 - Potato chip can trick for macro photography
- 03 - Using a chain as a stabilizer for your camera
- 04 - Making a flash diffuser out of a plastic cup
- 05 - Creating a low-cost constant lighting setup
- 06 - Light diffusion with parchment paper
- 07 - Choosing the right fabric for your backdrop
- 08 - Setting up a studio-style backdrop workspace
- 09 - Building a double flash head holder
- 10 - The many uses of binder clips
- 11 - Using foil as a fun and easy backdrop
- 12 - Creating natural light diffusion with mylar
- 13 - Using wallpaper as a portrait backdrop
- 14 - Using a painter pole to get an aerial-type look
- 15 - Another clever binder clip trick
- 16 - Rigging up a cold shoe accessory bar
- 17 - Building a ground-level light and camera stand
- 18 - Adding cold shoe support to a handheld tripod
- 19 - Constructing a large v-flat diffusion panel
- 20 - Making your own diffusion panels for hot-light work
- 21 - Creating your own shadow casters
- 22 - Constructing a massive but inexpensive soft box
- 23 - Fabricating false walls for a clever backdrop solution
- 24 - Creating simple but effective reflective panels
- 25 - A creative solution for overhead photography
- 26 - Constructing a low-cost camera dolly