Just a few HomeMade Gadgets...

[joshman]

hey guys, i've been playing around with my most recent aquisition, the Sigma EF-530EO-TTL II flash, and am having a blast with it. and as such i've come to make a few little gadgets that i though i'd share with you in the hope that someone is inspired and/or improvements can be made.

This is the first one, a Small Softbox, made from some Fluted plastic sheet and a Paper box:


Here's a Short snoot, made from an old neoprene stubby cooler:



Here's a Strip light addition to the snoot, simply slip the wire frame into the end of the snoot:


And a good old fasioned difusor, made from some plastic for the frame, and wrapped in medical tape :



And my own version of the Speed Strap, handy for attaching Gobo's and the like:


This a pic of my loyal model, woody, the soft box is just off to camera right, and slightly infront of the model:


Well hopefully ya'll like some of the stuff i've come up with and can find some applications for it, and if you come up with any speedlite accessories like these, please share them!, i'd love to see what other people are making!

happy shooting!

[kris142]

I don't know anything about studio equiptment but, these pics of the things you built look very well done and no mistakes, and the testshot looks completely amazing. Keep up the nice work!

[kris142]

Are you using a flash for the light?

[joshman]

yeah, its just my Sigma EF530 EO-TTL II speedlite, triggered in optical slave mode by the on camera flash bounced off the ceiling