DIY DSLR Ring-Flash part 2 of 2

This is a part 2 of 2 DIY DSLR Ring-Flash for macro and studio photography. Reference the following link for further information and plenty of sample photos: http://tinyurl.com/4z3uw2

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• dslr
• diy
• ring
• flash
• photography
• macro
• light
• beauty
• dish
• motleypixel
• roy
• niswanger
• canon
• 30d
• speedlite
• 580ex
• nikon
• strobist

[dcaramia]

do you think it would be ok to go without the tape that is on the vent reducer?

[motleypixel]

@dcaramia probably...it's relatively cheap stuff...maybe $8 a roll at HD or Lowes. A really cheap way you could go is to spray that area (mask off the areas you don't want sticky) with spray adhesive and then stick regular AL foil on it.

[dcaramia]

this is an awesome DIY. once i get flashes im doing this. thanks a lot for sharing this tutorial but is the lighting a lot better compared to if you were to use just the flash?

[motleypixel]

@dcaramia yes softer...the diffusing material helps a lot. If you want to see a ton of photos taken with this diy ring-flash then head over to flickr and search user motleypixel and then look at my sets and find the set called "diy ring-flash samples". These were all taken with a canon 30d, 100/2.8 macro, 580ex flash, and this diy ring-flash.

[dcaramia]

@motleypixel wow great photos. you said that this setup is better for close ups, what do you think the max range of shooting with this is? and do you recommend puting an extra later on the lower half where the flash is?

[motleypixel]

@dcaramia for head shots I would stay w/in 8 feet. i only use it for macro work. yes put one extra layer of diffusing material at the bottom like I've discussed on my forum tutorial thread (another good place to see what others have done). if you have a built in bounce card (like on the 580ex) then pull that out and then stick the flash head in that way it shields some of the direct flash coming out of the lower portion of the ring-flash.

[kadadust]

Dude, you are awesome!

[emersonc1]

Love it. Can you make me one ?? Lol

[multibigpop]

Then you want to uh, use uh safety uh goggles. There can uh be uh a lot of uh metallic particulate uh in uh the uh air. Uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh.

[dcaramia]

@motleypixel ok thanks

[onelouderimage]

Good work... !

[joeny1980]

I like this build and I'm using it as inspiration for my own build, but mine will end up being more shaped like the Orbis flash. I'm wondering, it seems like this sticks out quite a bit. Whats the widest you can shoot without getting the hardware in the shot?

[dcaramia]

@motleypixel ok thanks again, cant wait to start flash photography.