A few nice flash photo images I found:
RING FLASH 3
Image by smee.bruce
Details shows hole for Canon 430EX flash head.
DIY Home-made ring flash.
There are many instructions to make one of these to be found on the internet and on flickr.
I sugest you google " DIY ring flash" and look at all the ideas.
I decided to make one - I think my idea to use a plastic bowl gives a quick and neat end product.
This is still a work in progress - I must still buy the TTL cable and make the bracket to hold the camera/bowl/flash together as a unit. Finished product will follow.
1X 20cm(8") translucent plastic tupperware-type bowl cost R17.00 (.50) (includes lid)
1X piece 1mm ductile aluminium for cone
1X piece 100mm (4") plastic drainage pipe
1X roll aluminium tape cost R24.00 (.00) (any automotive shop)
1X idea on how to make cone
1. Cut bowl and lid to suit pipe used ( I used a pair of dividers - worked like a dream)
2. Make cone to suit pipe and bowl size
3. Trace paper template for head of flash.
4. Hold flash against bowl, decide where the hole for head will be and stick template onto bowl with craft glue.
5. Cut out hole for flash (I used the small blade on a swiss-army knife and trimmed and cleaned up the fit with a soldering iron).
6.Cover inside of bowl, pipe and cone with aluminium tape . . work slowly, small piece at a time.
See the build on my phoyostream:
www.flickr.com/photos/bruce-camera/
RING FLASH 1
Image by smee.bruce
Underexposed shot showing satisfactory light distribution in ring flash. Balanced on top of 430EX flash held in hole the wrong way round.
DIY Home-made ring flash.
There are many instructions to make one of these to be found on the internet and on flickr.
I sugest you google " DIY ring flash" and look at all the ideas.
I decided to make one - I think my idea to use a plastic bowl gives a quick and neat end product.
This is still a work in progress - I must still buy the TTL cable and make the bracket to hold the camera/bowl/flash together as a unit. Finished product will follow.
1X 20cm(8") translucent plastic tupperware-type bowl cost R17.00 (.50) (includes lid)
1X piece 1mm ductile aluminium for cone
1X piece 100mm (4") plastic drainage pipe
1X roll aluminium tape cost R24.00 (.00) (any automotive shop)
1X idea on how to make cone
1. Cut bowl and lid to suit pipe used ( I used a pair of dividers - worked like a dream)
2. Make cone to suit pipe and bowl size
3. Trace paper template for head of flash.
4. Hold flash against bowl, decide where the hole for head will be and stick template onto bowl with craft glue.
5. Cut out hole for flash (I used the small blade on a swiss-army knife and trimmed and cleaned up the fit with a soldering iron).
6.Cover inside of bowl, pipe and cone with aluminium tape . . work slowly, small piece at a time.
See the build on my phoyostream:
www.flickr.com/photos/bruce-camera/
