01 September 2008

Alright, well sorry it's been so long! Been busy and lets face it.. somedays I'd rather just relax than write in here after a hard days work. So I'm very excited because after I got home tonight I was feeling very experimental with my photography - especially lighting. I was getting discouraged however, because I don't have the funds to purchase me an external flash yet so I started thinking how could I get dramatic lighting for cheap when it came to me.. a diffuser for my built-in! I've been messing around with putting my hand over the flash at certain distances to see what kind of effects I would get and so instead of continuing to just cover the flash with my hand I went in search of making my own. I ended up finding someone who tilted a business card at about a 45 degree angle so their flash would bounce off the card creating diffusion. Let me tell you.. it works GREAT!!!! I can't wait to work with an external flash but let me post to you the dramatic differences I've already seen.

Top: Fully Exposed Flash
Bottom: DIY Diffuser

Photographic Test 1




Photographic Test 2





Photographic Test 3





Photographic Test 4 (My favorite)



Well that concludes my photographic tests of my home made diffuser and it is getting pretty late after a 3-day weekend so it's about bed time. I'll probably post more shots soon of this being used in practical situations. Goodnight everyone.

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