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Making a flash diffuser out of a plastic cup
From the course: The DIY Photographer
Making a flash diffuser out of a plastic cup
- Hi, and welcome to The DIY Photographer. I'm your host, Joseph Linaschke. Today, we're outdoors shooting in bright, hard sunlight, trying to take pictures of these lovely little flowers here. But as you can see, the sun is so hard on it, that it's really creating some unflattering shadows. So what I really want to do is diffuse the light, but I don't wanna have to set up a big diffusion panel on here. So I have an idea of something we can build for next to nothing, that will allow us to diffuse that light beautifully. So let's head into the studio and check it out. Here we are back in the studio, ready to solve this problem. Remember, we have hard sun of the day, shining on our teeny-tiny little flower, making nasty little shadows. We don't want that. We wanna diffuse that light, make it nice and soft, and the way we're gonna do that is with this plastic cup. Now look closely at this cup, it is not clear, and it is not solid. It is translucent, it is white, we don't wanna have a…
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Using a chain as a stabilizer for your camera6m 55s
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Making a flash diffuser out of a plastic cup4m 50s
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Creating a low-cost constant lighting setup5m 56s
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Light diffusion with parchment paper2m 44s
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Setting up a studio-style backdrop workspace7m 35s
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Building a double flash head holder10m 18s
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The many uses of binder clips2m 21s
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Using foil as a fun and easy backdrop5m 30s
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Creating natural light diffusion with mylar3m 25s
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Using wallpaper as a portrait backdrop1m 32s
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Using a painter pole to get an aerial-type look4m 42s
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Another clever binder clip trick1m 37s
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Building a ground-level light and camera stand5m 45s
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Adding cold shoe support to a handheld tripod8m 27s
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Constructing a large v-flat diffusion panel8m 39s
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Making your own diffusion panels for hot-light work8m 23s
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Creating your own shadow casters3m 46s
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Constructing a massive but inexpensive soft box8m 18s
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Fabricating false walls for a clever backdrop solution3m 24s
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Creating simple but effective reflective panels5m 26s
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A creative solution for overhead photography12m 56s
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Constructing a low-cost camera dolly16m 53s
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