Make a DIY Flash Snoot

Day 3 of my Strobist Challenge diary (see yesterdays entry here), still not much progress but many ideas. If I can’t get my musician brother to model for the rocker CD cover I need to fall back on a plan B. Currently my backup is to make my wife look like a “debut vocalist” (bootcamp assignment option 1). Failing that I will have to do my best with a “borderline psychotic” self portrait.

After yesterdays trial I have been thinking about how I can stop unwanted light leakage as well as cover what I do want lighting. I recalled David made a snoot out of a cereal box, I thought I could do something similar. Being a snob though I didn’t want anything sticky on my flash so I hunted around for something roughly the correct dimensions that I could press into service.

I literally tripped over the answer. This plastic cat treat box is just the right size to go over the head of my flash.

Step one was to cut the bottom out and remove the white plastic insert in the top. Cutting around the base required a fair amount of smoothing off of the sharp plastic jaggies left behind, I carefully used the edge of a knife to scrape around the edge but I expect sandpaper would give a better result.

After that it is a simple gaffer tape up job to stop light escaping out the flimsy clear plastic windows in the sides.

On its own it is not as long as I would have liked on its own BUT the addition of a pringles can fits nicely as an extender! (Shown here at near maximum extension and before pringles gaffer tapeage for purely aesthetic reasons). What’s more there is a certain amount of flexibility of movement making the length adjustable, neat eh? I am thinking as a foundation to build on (without dirtying up my flash) this is a good start.

Total cost?, not very much, fun quota? Loads!

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4 Responses to “Make a DIY Flash Snoot”

  1. Dominique says on September 17th, 2006 at 4:28 am :

    For more control (which is what you are generally looking for in a snoot) it generally helps if the inside of the snoot is black. Otherwise the snoot tends to spill more. Try lining the inside of your Pringles tube with black construction paper and compare the effect.

  2. Chris Garrett says on September 17th, 2006 at 10:12 am :

    Good tip, I will try that

  3. kevinv033 says on September 18th, 2006 at 4:03 pm :

    Ah! just what I needed!

    I wanted to get a perfectly round pattern out of a cheap homemade snoot. I have been using the Strobist.com cardboard snoots and was planning on fabricating a cylindrical one, but this looks like a better solution! Plus you get Pringles! Can’t beat that ;)

  4. Chris Garrett says on September 18th, 2006 at 4:33 pm :

    You might find the pringles can is the right size on its own with your flash, mine needed that little bit extra for snugness :O)

 

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