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Photo by Bonnie Gillespie
22 January 2013
iPhone 5 (Em)
Santa Monica, California
-Bon.
~~Living my dreams by helping others figure out how to live theirs.~~
Instructables had this how-to for a cheap and easy flash diffuser from a spent pack of cigarettes. I swear I thought of this two days before I read about it, and I took that as a sign to do it myself. Put it together right before I left Japan.
This last prototype uses Carbon fiber strips like a dome tent, white ripstop nylon for the diffuser (and the inside surface), and black duck cloth. The connection is made with 12gauge aluminum armature wire
After much research I've decided to build a diffuser for my flash. WIth such short working distance this seems a good starting point - having the flash off camera previously made for a difficult hand holding option, especially with an ungripped OM-D.
Photos from this a pretty good, there is the expected specular highlight from the paper towel, although I will try using different thicknesses of paper towel to see how that helps (and perhaps plain white!). Currently I only have foil inside the tube and not the yoghurt pot - adding foil to the yoghurt pot should reduce light loss and improve flash usage
Even with the current setup flash usage is not high. With the FL-36R, ISO 400, f/9.0 and a short focus distance (not much more than minimum) I can shoot 7 frames at 4fps before I get a dark frame due to lack of flash output. Sounds nice if I'm trying to shoot moving bees, the ability to fire several shots could be useful. Adding foil should improve this I think
For camera setup I have FN2 set to switch between MF and SF. Fn1 is magnify mode. Camera stays in Manual, ISO 200 / 400 and f/9.0-f/13 generally. FEC +1.
For Christmas my sister got me a reed diffuser. Which I love, because nice scents make me feel nice and comfy. It's one of those things that you never quite feel a hankering for--at least not enough to buy for yourself--but when you receive it as a gift... it's wonderful.
Some pictures to try my prototype diffuser fins out.
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adjective |diˈfyoōs| spread out over a large area; not concentrated : the diffuse community centered on the church | the light is more diffuse.
Lambency Flash Diffuser
碗公型閃燈柔光罩,附白黃兩色上蓋(NT$499)
1.室外:可減少強照的對比
2.室內跳燈-加碗不加蓋:因直射光較柔,比無碗跳燈更有立體感
3.室內跳燈-加碗加蓋:有較柔合之陰影
4.黃色上蓋:可在黃色燈光的場合讓畫面色溫更一致,不致造成光線混亂(如:背景偏黃,但主體偏白),以利白平衡調整
So...because I'm a photoshop retard, I had no idea that you could use the history brush with the diffuse glow feature. I used the diffuse glow on this shot of my sister, but (of course) it made her eyes less sharp. I wanted to bring them back and I thought "hey, wouldn't that be great if the history brush tool worked after using diffuse glow". Well, guess what. It does. I'm a moron. Anyway, I thought it was kinda cool how I was able to make my sister look like she was wearing makeup because the original photo was kinda dark. Yeah, I'm easily amused.
This last prototype uses Carbon fiber strips like a dome tent, white ripstop nylon for the diffuser (and the inside surface), and black duck cloth. The connection is made with 12gauge aluminum armature wire
This last prototype uses Carbon fiber strips like a dome tent, white ripstop nylon for the diffuser (and the inside surface), and black duck cloth. The connection is made with 12gauge aluminum armature wire
Glasgow 2010
Bought a diffuser from Jessops the other day and had an hour and a half to kill while my wife hosted a hen champagne reception in our flat.
Simple shot, loved the colours. What a difference a bit of sunshine makes.