DIY - High Speed Photography at Home

Freezing fast motion (AKA High Speed Photography), can give some pretty special photographic effects. High Speed Photography is used in physics, health research, sports and more. This guide describes how to capture super fast movements using ordinary camera gear and a little home made electronics. I will describes the setup I used the problems I encountered and what I did to solve or work around them.

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Using grids with your studio flashes

How to use lighting grids for professional studio photography

Photography Lighting Tutorial - Strip Lighting Light Tec Tip

Using strip lighting in the studio

How to Set Up and Use Studio Lighting

This is a clip from a full length video that will show you how to set up and begin to use your studio lighting

Get Your Flash On Axis With Umbrella

The swivel (or umbrella holder) is designed in a way that the umbrella does not go exactly 90 degrees into the shaft. It is tilted upwards a bit - this is done since the flash mounted on the swivel is not 100% aligned with the center of the umbrella. If the insert was angled at 90 degrees, light from the flash would hit only the top of part of the umbrella, creating uneven light.

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Flash techniques

This video explains how the flash works on your camera and how it is controlled in photography to make correct exposures

Add a sync port to 580 EX (DIY)

Following the idea on Strobist, I add a sync port to my 580. I took some pictures during the process, hope it can provide some visual images for someone want to try it.

It’s a pretty simple mod: get a 1/8 mono phone jack from Radio Shack, unscrew 4 screws at the bottom of the 580, unplug the only one cable, drill a hole at the side and stick the phone jack through, solder 2 wires to the center and side pin, and finally tighten the nut outside the flash.

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Flash Lighting in Studio Set Ups / Diagrams

Here are a few lighting diagrams from recent studio shots :

Bare monobloc studio flash positioned behind model, camera left.

Monobloc via shoot-through umbrella close to model , camera right.

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Home made diy speedlite flash snoot

This snoot making article has one of the best effort to result ratio. You usually use a snoot when you want only a small part of a scenario lighten, while keeping the rest of the scenario light free see the picture at the end of this article.

In this article Leann Wrightsman will show you how to make a “Snoot” for your speedlight flash with easy to find items you may even have around the house!

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How to Make a DIY Ring Flash Tutorial

You like Ring Flashes but you can’t pay the price? I have a solution for you, and it doesn’t involve stealing one from a store!

Make your own for a very very cheap price, about 20 euros. The only thing is that you need to already have a cobra flash. Ok, so let’s get started.

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