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I've been lurking Strobist.com for a while now, and the itch to experiment with photographic lighting is getting harder and harder to ignore. My Amazon wishlist now sports the Canon 430EX Speedlight flash. I wonder how long it'll sit there on my wishlist until I break down and buy it? If my credit card number hadn't been stolen, I may have already bought it by now.
Today I had to take some photos of a room for work, and I couldn't stop thinking about how much better they'd be if I had that flash. I did manage to use the onboard flash on my camera and soften it a little bit using a very sophisticated Kleenex approach, and the photos turned out decently well. It always irks me when I take some interesting photos for work but then I can't post them because of client confidentiality. Oh, well. All the more reason to dabble in my own spare time.
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Oh, right on! I love the Strobist. I stumbled on it when he posted about how to make a hobo soft-box, which I promptly did. When you are compelled to use flash, by far the most significant improvement you can make is to get the flash off the damn camera.
Buy a speedlight. You won't regret it.
Posted by: sgazzetti | 1:43PM, 07.10.07
Yeah, I think it's pretty much a foregone conclusion at this point that I will buy that speedlight.
So... how did you make the softbox? Did you follow a tutorial somewhere? Links, I need links!
Posted by: andrea | 2:14PM, 07.10.07
Will oblige. Stand by...
Posted by: sgazzetti | 3:31PM, 07.10.07
Oh, I think I found it. The one with the cardboard box? That would be the hobo part of the softbox, eh?
Posted by: andrea | 9:32PM, 07.10.07
Okay, here's the DIY. I substituted architectural tracing paper for tissue paper (sturdier) and made it collapsible for easy storage. This involved self-adhesive Velcro, which I try to work into pretty much all of my little projects.
Posted by: sgazzetti | 1:27AM, 07.11.07