{"id":1109,"date":"2010-02-18T19:47:47","date_gmt":"2010-02-19T02:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/?p=1109"},"modified":"2026-03-08T21:04:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T04:04:32","slug":"easy-diy-photography-studio-lighting-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mikesenese.com\/DOIT\/2010\/02\/easy-diy-photography-studio-lighting-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Easy DIY Photography Studio Lighting Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The folks at diyphotography.net have a good post with seven easy DIY projects that will help beef up your photo studio<\/a>. Beauty dish, dual speedlight mount, ring flash, softbox, snoot, suction cup mounts (very clever), and a PVC light stand. All of them are useful tools.<\/p>\n

I like the beauty dish project as an easy, cheap way to get that softbox look. These things can range in price from the $50 range to a well over $200<\/a>. The version described here will cost next to nothing, especially if you source the supplies at the local thrift store. \u00a0Here’s a good example<\/a> of what a beauty dish does for lighting:<\/p>\n

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(no, that’s not me – it’s just an example I found online)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The folks at diyphotography.net have a good post with seven easy DIY projects that will help beef up your photo studio. Beauty dish, dual speedlight mount, ring flash, softbox, snoot, suction cup mounts (very clever), and a PVC light stand. All of them are…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diy","category-gadget","category-photo"],"yoast_head":"\nEasy DIY Photography Studio Lighting Projects — DO IT: Projects, Plans, and How-tos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"# Meta Description Create professional photography lighting on a budget with these 5 DIY studio projects. 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