Instructables has a very cheap and good DIY flash diffuser project. It can be attached to any flash units like the Nikon SB600 and SB800 speedlights and the Canon 420EX and 580EX.
Here are the ingredients required:
This makes for a very good weekend project and could save some money for that lens you’ve been dreaming of. 
I’ve been using Photoshop for quite a while but I’m pretty much a newbie still. I’ve started to use Adobe Lightroom for my workflow recently. I have to say its a fantastic application. It has simplified my post processing tremendously.
From Lightroom, you can choose to edit your photos in Photoshop by right-clicking on the photograph and selecting “Edit in Adobe Photoshop CS2/3″ as shown below:
The first time I did this, my eyeballs nearly fell out when the colors of the same image were so different between 2 applications made by the same company. Here’s a sample:
On the left, we have Lightroom and on the right is Photoshop. For some reason, the difference is more visible on my computer instead of the screenshot above. Read more >>
