When working with flashes it’s preferable to use the flash off camera for many reasons which I may get into in another video. and many flashes and speedlights can be controlled remotely with a trigger. But the cheaper flashes usually don’t support this feature, and the only way you can use them off camera is [...]
I have been doing macro photography for several years and I am always looking for ways to improve my setups. I tend to devote a lot of my time and efforts to my stationary setups because they are great for large focus stacks. In addition – every now and again I do take macro photos [...]
Recently I made this cool adjustment to my helping hands so that I can attach them to a macro rail, clip holder or even a tripod if I wish to. In this video I am showing what I did – it is very simple. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3nLIytm420 Mentioned Products ↓
This is an affordable lighting option for macro photography. Very easy to make. https://youtu.be/9Y__Gkcu2B8 With macro it’s always best to use strong lights that take less space. I actually got this headlight for the backyard initially, there was a mysterious animal that kept appearing around midnight… We only saw its shape and we saw it [...]
I made a DIY LED ring light :) or more accurately – I gave my previous ring light a makeover. You can see the first version of my light in my post about my setup for focus stacking macro photography. What I did is I bought an LED self adhesive light strip that was about [...]