Purpose & Function

One of the most important gears that a strobist should have. Snoot and Grid is one of the best tool in controlling and shaping light. It helps in preventing the light in spreading and concentrates the light beam from your flash unit/speedlight to a specific part of the subject you are shooting.

Materials Needed

1. Empty Pringles container
2. Color Black Spray Can
3. Straws
4. Scissors
5. Cutter
6. White Glue
7. Super Glue

Preparing the Snoot

1. Cut the Pringles container according to the desired length of the Snoot.
2. Using the Cutter, slice the Pringles cap/cover diagonally into 8 sections.
3. Put a generous amount of Super Glue at the top of the Pringles container.
4. Immediately attach the container cap and and let the Super Glue dry.

Adding the Grid and finishing

1. Using the scissors, cut the straw pieces into segments 2 inches long each.
2. Using the white glue and straw, form a honey comb figure that will fit the opening of the Pringles container and secure it in place using the Super Glue.
3. Finish it off by painting it with black, let the paint dry for few minutes and your done.

Enjoy your new Snoot with Grid

Pleasures For Men

Here I would like to share my 1st ever attempt on product photography. This shot was inspired be the work of Steve Bennett’s work which I have been following for the past months.

What do you guys think? good enough for a 1st try?

You can find the setup on how I took the photograph from here.

Photograph was captured with:

Nikon D90 DSLR Camera
Sigma 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 DC
Nikon MC-DC2 Remote Shutter
Marumi UV Filter
Sandisk ULTRA 15MB/s SD card

My DIY Product Photography Setup

DIY Photography

DIY Product Photography Setup

Here I would like to share a small project that I have been working on the past few days. It’s my very own  DIY product photography setup inspired by Steve Bennett’s work. Here is a list of that I used for the setup.

1. 2 pcs. Home made diffusers – made out of card boards cut into shape of frames then I glued together with a tracing paper on the middle then added 2 pieces of triangle shaped cardboard which serves as stand of the diffusers.
2. 2 pcs. Lamps – these are 2 ordinary lamps which I bought from a local shop with daylight bulbs.
3. 1 big sheet of continous white paper – this is used as a seamless background for the product.

You can check out the final image from this setup here.