Great idea , why didnt i think of this before!?!?!

[meatwagon]

OK all i need to do now is just put some tinfoilon the back and so it reflects

more light and bingo, pictures come out great by the way!

[ronaldo_r]

OK, it's good idea. What is this camera she's using anyway? Some kind of a Polaroid with a Nikon flash?

[steve_levine]

Oh no, you have to spend money on a stupid piece of plastic to do this.

[stwrtertbsratbs5]

Great idea? Sorry, but it's been done before.

[w.smith]

It's great only if you have a whopper of a flashgun and don't mind a razor thin Depth of

Field and cutting 3/4 of your flash's range.

 

A bounce card is a much more efficient light diffuser: http://www.abetterbouncecard.com/

[bdp]

You can also use a quart-plastic milk jug, it's bigger and better at light dispersion. Of course, at a weeding you'll look like a dork, but it should, work, it does around the house when I experiment.

[loveablan]

On some occasions you just have to make do with whatever you have around you. So I think grabbing a nearby cup is a good Macguyver solution in that situation. (I've been in nightclub scenarios before where that would be useful if I didn't have my Gary Fong Lightsphere with me.)

 

There's many neat homebrew flash modifiers out there, from the clear film canister to the index bounce card to the bowed tissue paper.

 

One that I use regularly is the DIY cardboard grid spot:

http://strobist.blogspot.com/2006/10/free-and-so-easy-diy-grid-spots-for.html

 

One that I'd like to try sometime is the paper mini bouncer: http://www.diyphotography.net/homestudio/blz/flash-mini-bouncer

 

Trying out all this DIY-modifier stuff is a great way to learn what you can and can't do in different lighting situations, and with just found household objects.

 

And whatever it is, be it a paper cup or your left nylon sock, if it works for you and your shooting style, then all the better.

 

Keep on experimenting and happy shooting! :)

[meatwagon]

1st of all it as sunpakk 555 mounted on a minolta/pentax digi camera. The shots turned out quite good. Yeah im sure its been done before but ive never seen it. And i agree with you guys, its not about anything, its about anything, you make with what ya got. Yes a milk jug would look halirious, i shall try it this summer at a wedding! haha Thanks for the links too.

 

 

>Jamie

[ellis_vener_photography]

<I>Of course, at a weeding you'll look like a dork</I><P>When I'm weeding I always look

like a dork. The plants don't seem to notice too much or at least they are polite enough not

to talk about it.

[rich_taylor____mequon__wi]

I did more weeding back in the 60's, and a great deal at Woodstock (yes, I was actually there), but never needed tinfoil. Everything seemed adequately illuminated. On the serious side, the new Gary Fong

ugly-gizmo-that-appears-rather-weird-but-works-quite-nicely is a chrome-plated version of the Lightsphere that reflects double the light. Very effective in increasing flash effectiveness. Better than tinfoil. Happy New Year to all!