Photo Equipment

Discover the best photography equipment to achieve better results. Read our guides to the best cameras, lenses, lighting, tripods, filters, and more.

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  • How to Use the BMPCC: Complete Guide to Setup, Filming, and Post-Production

    How to Use the BMPCC: Complete Guide to Setup, Filming, and Post-Production

    Marie Gardiner
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    1. Build A Triflector for Only $50

      Build A Triflector for Only $50

      Tutorial Intermediate

      Triflectors are a staple in beauty shooting and are applicable to a variety of studio applications in the headshot and portraiture area. Instead of a table...

    2. Build a DIY Rotating Time Lapse Tripod Head

      Build a DIY Rotating Time Lapse Tripod Head

      Tutorial Beginner

      In this tutorial, I'll show you how to quickly and easily create your own rotating time lapse head for your GoPro or compact camera using a kitchen timer. It...

    3. Build Your Own DIY V-Flat Light Modifiers

      Build Your Own DIY V-Flat Light Modifiers

      Tutorial Intermediate

      V-flats are a staple of studio setups and have a wide array of uses, but the "real" flats they're usually made up of are a type of foamboard for display...

    4. Shooting a Sunset Wedding on a Hot Air Balloon

      Shooting a Sunset Wedding on a Hot Air Balloon

      Tutorial Intermediate

      As a wedding photographer, you only have one chance for every moment. We all have to handle curveballs on the big day from the florist running late to the...

    5. Micro Macro: Low Power Microscopy Without Lab Equipment

      Micro Macro: Low Power Microscopy Without Lab Equipment

      Tutorial Intermediate

      When pursuing macro photography, there's always the urge to probe deeper, get closer. We want to marvel at the infinite layers of detail offered by the world...

    6. Load Your Canon with Presets and Nail Your Favorite Settings in Seconds

      Load Your Canon with Presets and Nail Your Favorite Settings in Seconds

      Tutorial Beginner

      With the vast amount of options available to DSLR users, it can be confusing and time-consuming to select all the relevant settings to get the shots that you...

    7. How to Use the Gary Fong Lightsphere

      How to Use the Gary Fong Lightsphere

      Tutorial Beginner

      Getting nice, flattering light quickly is a huge challenge to wedding and event photographers. For years a bounce card or a small Stofen diffuser was pretty...

    8. How to Build a Low Budget Darkroom

      How to Build a Low Budget Darkroom

      Tutorial Beginner

      Building your own darkroom to develop film and paper might seem tedious in these digital days. However, if you have the time and space, it can be a rewarding...

    9. Everything You Need to Know About Lens Quality

      Everything You Need to Know About Lens Quality

      Tutorial Beginner

      Understanding the physics of light puts you at a great advantage when trying to produce great photographs. Arguably, how light interacts with your lenses is...

    10. Creating Realistic Composites, Part 1: Shooting on a Green Screen

      Creating Realistic Composites, Part 1: Shooting on a Green Screen

      Tutorial Advanced

      From the incredible imaginations of sci-fi movie directors to the impactful stills of photographers like Joel Grimes, composite imaging is used for making...

    11. How to Shoot Pizza So It Looks Good Instead of Gross

      How to Shoot Pizza So It Looks Good Instead of Gross

      Tutorial Intermediate

      It's often said that the best photographs evoke emotion. If this is the case, what could possibly make me more emotional than an image of a pizza that's been...

    12. Build Your Own DIY Ringflash

      Build Your Own DIY Ringflash

      Tutorial Beginner

      Ringflash has a wonderful, unique look to it, whether they are macro or shoot-through portrait ringlights. You get a crisp, dimensional, almost hyper-real...