DIY Soft Box for Pocket Strobe I use my DIY Soft Box all the time with my pocket strobe. It softens the hard directional strobe light to subtly enhance the subject, so it doesn’t look like it is being interrogated. It adds details to the normal shadows often created when using one light source. You
How to make a Grid Spot for a pocket flash & why you need it. A Grid Spot is a light modifyer used to funnel or concentrate light. When you don’t want your entire subject lit by the strobe use a grid spot to get light only where you want it. The concept is that the
How to Photograph a Greater White Lined Bat Using DIY Bat Box We see a lot of bats on our farm here in Costa Rica, mostly when taking down ripe bunches of bananas. They live within the banana leaves and eat the spiders that the bananas attract. Every time I saw a bat fly out of a
Making Butter, Collecting Fruit and the Birds – Our new life in Costa Rica Begins We arrived on December 7th and it has rained every day save for three since then. The Caribbean rainy season can last until February and then begins again in August. It is the rain that keeps everything this lovely shade
How to Sharpen Images in Photoshop Guest Post – By Andrew Ducker The most subtle and realistic way to sharpen images in Photoshop. This easy click by click video demonstration allows you to follow along while you are practicing on your screen. There are options discussed so you get the correct changes based on your
How to make and use an Infrared Camera Trap How-to’s and uses of using a DIY Phototrap to capture photographs of animals and birds. A Phototrap is a device that uses an Infrared beam (much like in a garage door or a home alarm) to send a signal to your camera every time the invisible