How to build a better bounce card

[RonnieS1965]

I was checking out the "How to build a better bounce card" videos on Youtube and had a brainfart. I was thinking..."I've got 2 Gary Fong lightspheres". So, out to the garage and get the little air saw and chop half off one of the diffusers. Here are a couple pics I took with it, and one of the chop job. I actually think the last one (where the opening of the diffuser is to the rear) came out the best. So maybe it wasn't a great idea...but once I thought of it, had to try it.

#1 Direct flash.

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#2 Opening toward helmet. View attachment 335167

#3 Opening away from helmet.

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#4 Chop job. View attachment 335169

 

[RonnieS1965]

Wow...a lot of looking but no talkin. Not even a "man that was dumb!!". :biggrin:

 

[ramkla007]

That actually looks pretty good. But I don't see a big difference between #2 and #3, it looks like the forward light is not falling on the helmet (may be it's lower?).

May be Wayne or Frank can chime in...

 

[Anthony747]

Looks like a prototype of the Gary Fong Origami: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produ...ORIGAMI_Origami_Universal_Foldable_Flash.html:biggrin:

I have one and works well.

 

[camera_shy]

Man that was dumb!!!



jk


ABBC is a good thing to use in a pinch sometimes, and so easy to store.. probably one of the reasons I never got the fong, just took up too much space.

 

[Baoser]

I can't afford to chop up diffusers like that =( haha

 

[RonnieS1965]

That actually looks pretty good. But I don't see a big difference between #2 and #3, it looks like the forward light is not falling on the helmet (may be it's lower?).

May be Wayne or Frank can chime in...

Angle of photos are all the same. But you can see more light on the bottom half of the helmet in #3.

 

[RonnieS1965]

Man that was dumb!!!



jk


ABBC is a good thing to use in a pinch sometimes, and so easy to store.. probably one of the reasons I never got the fong, just took up too much space.

I will definately get some paper and make a few, much easier to tote around than the lightsphere. And yes, it was dumb...but I was bored, and had 2. :biggrin:

I can't afford to chop up diffusers like that =( haha

*see above about "had 2" . :biggrin:

 

[dburanich]

I hope you got the lightsphere for free.

I don't have a lot of good things to say about Gary Fong.

1 bad experience.

I learned my lesson.

 

[Leo Horta]

Gary Fong's Lightsphere is not that bad.. I just don't have courage to use it... is almost ridiculous ... is like those chinese soup package over your flash...

 

[RonnieS1965]

I hope you got the lightsphere for free.

I don't have a lot of good things to say about Gary Fong.

1 bad experience.

I learned my lesson.

I bought both off CL....and they do work great. They are a little overbearing looking, but do the job.

 

[greyflash]

My thought would be "why chop up a $50 GF diffuser when you can build six BBC's for 69 cents? I carry two or three BBC's with me wherever I go with my camera equipment. They are easy to pack in my backback and work great. I can think of no reason that I would want to chop up a GF diffuser even though I have two of them. The BBC lays flat and only needs a rubber band to mount to to my flash (s).

 

[73Z1]

Never got into the lightspheres due to their size, but I have seen some good work done by users. I like the results and ease of use that the cool-foam BBCs provide, plus that fact that they lay flat in the camera case. One minor issue I had was that in the larger sized images the catchlight in the eye sometimes showed up as a big square. Not unexpected in digital images where the reflector has square corners. I cut the top corners and round them off a bit. This makes for a more rounded look that I prefer in the eye's catchlights.

 

[RonnieS1965]

My thought would be "why chop up a $50 GF diffuser when you can build six BBC's for 69 cents? I carry two or three BBC's with me wherever I go with my camera equipment. They are easy to pack in my backback and work great. I can think of no reason that I would want to chop up a GF diffuser even though I have two of them. The BBC lays flat and only needs a rubber band to mount to to my flash (s).

I didn't pay $50 for it, I have two of them, and why not?? It was a shot that I wanted to take. I plan on making some bounce cards out of different material that will be easier to tote around. Honestly, I don't use the lightshperes much because of their size, hard to pack in the bag. And, as someone pointed out in an earlier post here, GF is making a piece that is just about what I did to my lightsphere...I just didn't know it at the time. Oh well, it was a thought.

 

[garyosborne]

I have a lightsphere....cheap ripoff (lambency). I quite like it, i line it with paper to control where the light goes to stop wastage. I wouldn't do this but props to the OP for sharing the results