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Hacking Together Photo Equipment
If you're like me, then every once in a great while you'll need to take a macro shot but can't afford the $$$ to buy professional equipment. So, you do your best with what you have, but end up with an image ruined by really harsh shadows.
Andreas Krautwald had a similar problem, grabbed his 3D cell MagLite, and whipped up a very practical yet affordable solution.
He laid out a simple photo lamp reflector design on grid paper, cut it out, assembled it and lined the interior with reflective adhesive foil, then made a diffuser out of translucent paper. With a little re-enforcement to the mounting between the lamp and the assembly, he had a very practical diffuse light source for his macro photos.
Since he provides a downloadable pdf file with the pattern he used, it should be relatively easy to modify to your own purposes. Using a similar approach, you can create other photo lamps matched to a wide range of lighting circumstances.
Related links:
Photo Lamp Construction - Andreas Krautwald website
Posted by Lem on December 26, 2005 | Permalink | Email this post
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