Jesse Rosten proposes a DIY jet pack to allow a photographer to hold camera and off camera strobe at the same time. Dubbed “The studio that you wear,” it’s all made possible with wireless triggering.
Nay. won’t fly [pun intended]. 
Of course, the title of this post is a bit misleading. ND Filters on your lens, of and by themselves, do not affect depth of field. What they do affect if the amount of light coming through your lens, potentially reducing it so much that you may need to use a large aperture in the bright sunny outdoors. Large aperture means shallow depth of field. Et voilà!
But what type and how many ND Filters do you use?
David Hobby over at the Strobist has it all carefully explained.
Read the tutorial at: Strobist.
Lighting a big group in a dark place is no mean feat. David Hobby of the Strobist shows how and Ronan Palliser tries it out with good success.
[ Read the article at: Strobist ]
This has been around for a while now, but I am always going back to find it for readers who ask. So, here it is again, a Do-It-Yourself lightbox for product shots using a cardboard box and some tracing paper. No need to get PVC tubes and what not.
We finally build our own:
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