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HOW TO - Make a large flash diffuser

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Jake writes -

Making nice photographs when all you have for lighting is a bunch of tungsten shop lamps can be a real challenge. It is particularly hard to photograph polished brass under these conditions. So this weekend I set out to build a flash diffuser to improve the quality of the photography on this site.

Most of the diffuser is made with foam board and packing tape. I laid out a square 30" inches on a side and then drew a cut line from each corner to the center of the top line. This gave me two right triangles that when taped together matched the center triangle.

How to Make a Large Flash Diffuser - Link.

Related:

HOW TO - Make a DIY flash diffuser - Link.
DIY Flash diffuser - Link.

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Posted by: kryten007 on April 13, 2007 at 12:43 PM

Curse you von Slatt!!!

Nice work, actually :)

-Jake H

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Posted by: vonSlatt on April 13, 2007 at 2:20 PM

YOU !!!

Thanks, though I kind of feel like I have to redo all of the pics on The Steampunk Workshop now.

- Jake v. S

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Posted by: vonSlatt on April 13, 2007 at 2:24 PM

Nutz! I messed up the URL it should be: The Steampunk Workshop .

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