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Ok guys, I need help. Does anyone know of any way that I can make a "home made" snoot? Some one on another forum told me he made one for his lighting setup but he never got back to me on just how he did it. So, I'm coming to my MM friends for help. Thanks in advance guys. -Marie Aug 23 08 03:37 pm Link Ray of Light Images wrote: ummm, try some grid and cardboard???? Aug 23 08 03:40 pm Link I've used a piece of Cinefoil wrapped around a reflector. You can make it any length and as tight as you like. Vic Aug 23 08 03:40 pm Link Red Sky Photography wrote: Cinefoil works very well...mold it, shape it, size it the way you want it Aug 23 08 03:43 pm Link Red Sky Photography wrote: Wow, thanks for the quick responses everyone. At the risk of sounding like like a noob, what exactly is "cinefoil"? Aug 23 08 03:51 pm Link Another easy way is to go to Walmart/Kmart/Target or your favorite sporting goods store and buy a couple of BLACK beer can cozies (those foam coolers you stick a drink in to) I say black, because anything other than black or white adds a little bit of color cast to the light. Cut one end out so it is a hollow tube. Instant snoot. Add a grid to it if you want or drop a tissue over the end without feat of setting on fire, to soften the light. Aug 23 08 03:59 pm Link Preachers Photography wrote: Thanks, so much I'll try this today. Very good idea. Aug 23 08 04:01 pm Link Cinefoil is a really heavy , stiff, black aluminum foil. Most photo shops will have it Aug 23 08 04:05 pm Link Ray of Light Images wrote: Cinefoil is a thick aluminum foil that's matte black. Comes in rolls (usually in 12", 24" and 48" widths). You can cut/tear it to size and shape it to make things like flags, snoots, barn doors, gobos, etc. Aug 23 08 04:08 pm Link remove the bottom of a coffee can and paint the rest of the can black. Also known as top hats. Aug 23 08 04:09 pm Link Several of mine are made from tin cans -- coffee cans and the like. For my hotshoe flashes I favor mailing tubes. Krylon semi-flat black makes a nice professional looking finish. If your flash has a modeling light be careful about plastic or paper snoots -- you could start a fire, or at least get a smelly meltdown. When you get your cinefoil get a roll of gaffer's tape at the same time. Aug 23 08 04:26 pm Link 1lb box of pasta (empty). Add duct tape for professional effect. Works great with most speedlights. Aug 23 08 04:58 pm Link Thanks to all! You guys are awesome. You have no idea how long it took me on that other forum to get any information. Thanks Again!! Aug 23 08 06:22 pm Link aluminum foil, gaffers tape cinefoil, gaffers tape that's what i use Aug 23 08 06:32 pm Link Pringles cans make wonderful snoots. I've got one I made to work with mySunpak 333s. It's two Pringles cans taped together and with cardboard tabs at the back to hold it onto the flash via velcro. Aug 23 08 06:35 pm Link I've used black construction paper to create the snoot shape required, use velcro to attach to my strobe/flash head (I put velcro on all my flash heads for add-on pieces), and then use black electrical tape to reenforce the outside folds. Aug 23 08 07:34 pm Link I have made a variety of snoots and barn door equivalents using common materials. For most of them I have to leave the modeling lights off because of fire and melting dangers: 1. Two-liter plastic coke bottles, cut so that one slides on the outside of the other, painted flat black on the inside and gloss black on the outside. 2. A small beer tub cut to fit with a brass toilet mounting ring cut and drilled to fit the the tub and the flash, painted flat black. I use a black construction paper cutout to be the equivalent of extended barn doors, sliding the paper in and out of the tub and affixing with tape. 3. An old license plate curled into a cylinder, painted flat black. I slide it over the flash head. 4. A plant nursery 3-gallon plant container, with a hole cut in the back and brass toilet ring cut and drilled to fit it and the flash. painted flat black. A construction paper cutout provides the equivalent of extended barn doors. I slide the paper in and out the container and tape it where I want it. 5. Flat black construction paper curled into a cone and taped to the flash head. 6. Black front mat cardboard cut to various sizes with slots to fit the flash reflector frame spring-loaded holders to form barn doors. 7. PVC pipe cut to various lengths, painted flat black and mated with the existing short snoot to further narrow the angle or cone of illumination. And finally, a friend of mine bought the red cones used in sports, cut them to provide the required angle of illumination, painted them flat black and says they work fine. One of the great things about the new digital photo world is that modeling lights are much less important. You can take pictures using your setup, look at the images right away, and make the appropriate changes to your setup and camera settings. You can start out with setup guesswork and quickly wind up with exactly what you want. Aug 23 08 09:52 pm Link I used cinefoil and gaffers tape on this shoot,  I love it because you can really play with the shape of the snoot, on this photo I crumpled up a bit the cinefoil to give it a more random edge to the light.  Sep 13 08 06:12 pm Link Cinefoil Buy it, use it, break it, fix it, Trash it, change it, mail - upgrade it, Charge it, point it, zoom it, press it, Snap it, work it, quick - erase it, Write it, cut it, paste it, save it, Load it, check it, quick - rewrite it, Plug it, play it, burn it, rip it, Drag and drop it, zip - unzip it, Lock it, fill it, call it, find it, View it, code it, jam - unlock it, Surf it, scroll it, pause it, click it, Cross it, crack it, switch - update it, Name it, rate it, tune it, print it, Scan it, send it, fax - rename it, Touch it, bring it, Pay it, watch it, Turn it, leave it, start - format it. Technologic Sep 13 08 06:15 pm Link Sep 13 08 06:15 pm Link Robb Mann wrote: Good idea. I've also done it with small cereal boxes. Sep 13 08 08:42 pm Link add on if you cut up straw and then tape them together and add them just inside the end of the pasta box it makes a grid and helps control the light even more just another diy thing I've found Sep 14 08 04:14 am Link Google ,Strobist.com, if you are useing small off camera flash.They can tell how to build just about anything you need to modify light. Sep 14 08 04:19 am Link Sep 14 08 04:20 am Link |
