Kacey Pole Adaptor: Get Your Hot Shoe Flash Where You Need It!

The Prince is BACK!!! Between LOTS of shooting, I’ve been testing tons of new equipment, techniques, shooting some surprise hotties, and finishing up some critical workshop details. I’m now gonna start posting short reviews of the gear and techniques. I know. It’s about time! First up: The Kacey Pole Adapter. Okay people, here’s the skinny …

Step Aside, Mola. Enter the Beauty Wok!

Its me, David Griffin A.K.A. “The Prince of Cheap,” and I am BACK AGAIN! Its time. It’s time! Its time for me to give a another short review of another cheap tool. After months of searching and searching for a beauty dish, I finally found one. It was a 16 inch dish that saved my life …

Cheap Softbox = Expensive Results!

Its me David Griffin A.K.A. “The Prince of Cheap” here! I’m baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack – here with another short review of another piece of cheap gear that you can use to get better results with your photography! This time its the ubiquitous softbox. The cool thing is that I’m now a fan of smaller tools for harder …

Are you serious? A $59.00 BEAUTY DISH?

Its me, David Griffin A.K.A. “The PRINCE OF CHEAP” back again! I cannot tell a lie… I’ve had tons of new equipment and haven’t told anyone. :) Until now! I’ve finally ended my quest! I’ve found the cheap beauty dish! Its here! Its here!! I went to ebay searching for a beauty dish. I was …

Continuous Light Portraits with the Britek Pro-5000 Daylight Fluorescent Kit

It’s David Griffin, “The Prince of Cheap,” here again!!! Now anyone that’s asked me about lighting choices knows I am a big proponent of strobes. But today I am a changed man! After having a try with something totally new, I may be reconsidering my exclusive thinking about my lighting equipment choices. Now, on to …

The El Cheapo eBay Octabox: Unbelievable Light at a Cheap Price!

For years photographers have sought broad soft light sources that: enhance skin, reduce the need to have a fill source, and create forgiving areas of soft predictable light coverage. This is what makes large light modifiers the easiest lights to position as well as some of the most desirable to portrait photographers across the globe …

Creating Killer Headshots: The Cheap Way!

The Prince of Cheap is here again, but this time I’m gonna tell you not how to save money but a way to make money! Lots of people ask me, “Whats a quick way for me to make some easy money with my camera?” The first thing I seem to always think to say is “Learn to …