Jan. 8, 2008 - homemade photography tools
i love photography. I use a nikon d-50 wth a standard 28-80 zoom lens. i have foudn that it is quite simple and fun to make my own tools tat are helpful to make my photography better. One thing i do not like is te on-camera flash. it is a very brigh light that causes very harsh shadows. So, to soften the light, i made a diffuser out of a coffee filter and 22 guage wire. i bent the wire to fit in the flash mount and put theh coffee filter over teh wire frame. it works quite well...it seems to work better in different positions- probably because of te way the flash ligt is absorbed or bounced off te filter. Anyway, i ave some pictures that i took of te most willing subjects, my children...to practice te flash. i also bought a really heavy dense dark fabric from walmart for $1 / yd. so, tat is in there too.
tat is supposed to be a funny face.
the fish face
 Tis one is from my hubby's work christmas party for the kids-i just love her expression-
 and I had to throw one in there of andrew-it is actually a better picture to demonstrate te softness of te filter-tere are no real hars shadows from the flash, whic is ideal.
Well, anyway, i have fun with it. te filter is not very sturdy-it is one you could make again. a flash or even a set of diffusers are so expensive and not in teh budget right now. I would much rather get a better lens-(a 28 or 55- 200 or 300 zoom would e ideal :)) and those run from 129-200 usd. Now a flash is around the same amount, if not more. soem day :)
i must end this session :)
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