Photography Tutorial - studio lighting (ZERO $$$) - in your home - DIY

Ever wonder how magazine like photos are taken ! Did photography interests you ? And you cant make any huge investment right now for camera, lights etc. ?
Sometimes placing the light and adjusting it becomes more important than what kind of light is being used. This is an example of using a small parabolic reflector for beauty style headshots. This is probably not the best example, and the parabolic reflectors are generally much larger than this one.
But you might understand that just an ordinary cardboard reflector with aluminum foil pasted on the reflecting side, can produce pretty good results.

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Howto & Style

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• Photography
• tutorial
• parabolic
• reflector
• beauty
• style
• hairstylist
• MUA
• DIY
• Do-It-Yourself
• project
• home
• made
• strobist
• speedlight
• how-to

[pbasker]

Thank you for the video! Why do so many people on youtube miss the point???

Even though this wasn't a step-by-step instruction on how to build the reflector or setting up the flash (there are several videos already on youtube that do), it was great to see how you can get more out of your equipment you already have with some ingenuity.

I learned how you molded light as well as created an interesting catch light for the eyes.

Would like to see how you built the reflector , however.

[madcityphotog]

@pbasker Thaks for your nice comments :-) Something rare these days. There are many DIY and other well organized videos in progress. Also will include a online program to design and print the parabolic template on the fly (user can specify the size and diameter and how many sections to build the para). Will be in my website sometime this year. Thanks again.

[krisdjsteel]

Maybe if he used better lights he would have better looking models.

[madcityphotog]

It is not WHAT you use, but HOW you use (and this is true for most tools we use). It is not the song, but the singer.

Thanks for watching....

I do own and use pro lights and camera.

[Lov3fm]

@madcityphotog well if i have a d40 and you have a d3x, the quality of my d40 will never compare even with same lens

[madcityphotog]

@Lov3fm Interesting topic. But is your comment related to this video? Because, I am trying to show that good quality light can be obtained from some cardboard pieces and a small off-camera flash.

[2deluxe58]

very uninformative

[porq99]

mmmmm can u show us how to make the parabolic reflector??? i really like ur vid

[jdhfamily]

Nice! Is the template.on your website now? Please add url to it. Thank you

[Marantzino]

Music is too pushy!!

[10mism]

:) ! i like this u :)

[mnclesunkey]

Thank you so much for this video! I had an idea to do somethign similar and almost gave up when things didn't work out the way I wanted them to. Seeing this gives me new ideas. I love your creativity and the photos are spectacular. Thanks a million. I found some confidence.

[realgal71]

This is a great video showcasing a great idea. If people can't figure out how to make this, then they are either stupid and/or more likely just lazy. I appreciate you sharing this. Good job.

[AchtKore]

Great!

[WildGunman77]

If it's not what you use but how you use it, then why do you use pro camera and lights? Let's see you get the same effect with a mickey mouse camera and crappy lights