Flash accessories

So before I begin this journey of playing with light, I have to make a few random accessories that will help me out tremendously. I've used http://strobist.blogspot.com/2006/03/lighting-101-cereal-box-snoots-and.html as a guideline and made a few adjustments to it.

For my snoot, I added a few adjustments. I found an old hamburger helper box (which worked out pretty well since 3 of the 4 sides were already at a perfect angle for my flash.

I just cut off all the flaps, folded down my last side and covered it all with black gaffer's tape.

I colored my white velcro with a black permanent marker... I didn't have any black on hand and the white was distracting and driving me nuts!

front view.

side view

For the connection part, instead of taping it down to make a rectangle I decided to leave it to where you could open it and..... insert a grid!

Grid made with a white/red political sign.

Assemble as so....

Presto!

So my grid is white and not particular black like recommended, but it was free and available, so I decided to use it anyhow.

After cutting and taping the grid together, I made it the perfect size so that it could slip into the snoot.... so BAM! 2-in-1 device! :)