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DIY Photo Snoot

From the MAKE Flickr pool:
Member Chris Metcalf constructed this flash snoot from corrugated cardboard and gaffer tape.
Although it may sound like the name of a Dr. Suess character, a snoot is a sort of choke used in photography to limit the spread of light from a flash. Snoot's can create an eerie vignetting effect or dramatic highlight - and can be constructed from recycled household items.

DIY Snoot on Flickr -Link

How to make your own snoot:

Make a DIY flash snoot on DSLRBlog -Link

Black straws snoot grid on LightingMods -Link

Related:

DIY ring flash -Link

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Posted by: Orin on February 5, 2008 at 8:42 AM

A friend of mine created a tutorial on Instructables for making black straw grid snoots for the Vivitar 285HV strobes, a budget friendly strobe popularized by Strobist.com

http://www.instructables.com/id/Black-Straw-Grids-for-the-Vivitar-285HV

It's painstakingly photo-documented and includes measurements to take any of the guesswork out of making a grid snoot.

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