Category Archives: DIY

Portraiture with DIY lighting

Posted on February 22, 2026 by Geoff Shaw

Following David Williams inspiring workshop on 17 Feb 2026, I thought it might me useful to make some notes on some of the many things he mentioned. Home Studios You don’t need lots of space and you don’t need lots … Continue reading →

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Photobooks and Calendars

Posted on March 11, 2025 by Geoff Shaw

Introduction Making photobooks or calendars for the first time can be daunting. There are many suppliers, all with their own systems, usually either a desktop computer application that you download, or an online web-based system. In my experience these systems … Continue reading →

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DIY water drop apparatus

Posted on January 28, 2025 by Geoff Shaw

Here is a simple DIY project, a DIY water drop apparatus to get photos of splashes. I devised it for a workshop I gave to our camera club and decided to document what I did. Of course you could buy … Continue reading →

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