Sino ang nanunuod sa inyo ng Mc Gyver nuong araw? taas ang kamay =)

Anyone out here who is a Mc Gyver in photography? any useful self inventions you can share?...
-i read somewhere that you can make your own infrared filters out of 4 x 5 unprocess film? ....
- also, you can attach your p&s in binoculars to shoot birds? how true?
- how do you do improvise stofen? like that of Gary Fong's? out of clorox plastic bottle?
- Do you really need to use expensive background? or you can improvise...
- Can you convert your van into a rolling photo studio?....
Pls share what's in your mind which can be useful to others, though visually akward:)

You can cross two polarizers to come up with an effective IR filter, Nice for Sony Cams with Nightshot mode...

In the other forum/thread... Sonny Thakur came up with the idea of making a IR filter out of a floppy disk... It works... :D

Edited post: ooops... It's not UV but IR...

id like to hear about the diy gary forng lightsphere

You can cross to polarizers to come up with an effective UV filter, Nice for Sony Cams with Nightshot mode...

In the other forum/thread... Sonny Thakur came up with the idea of making a UV filter out of a floppy disk... It works... :D

Sige nga Sonny share naman dyan...
:)

wow! this is a nice thread sir ross! oo nga naman, share your DIY stuff/inventions para sa mga kuripot na katulad ko hehehe...

any, uhm, substitute for colored gels?

wow! this is a nice thread sir ross! oo nga naman, share your DIY stuff/inventions para sa mga kuripot na katulad ko hehehe...

any, uhm, substitute for colored gels?

Hi Jay,

For colored gels, (tulad mo ring kuripot hehe) i use colored cellophane which you can buy at National Book Stores, merong green, red, yellow, blue, orange...you can wrap it in your strobe (pero dont expose it too long on modeling lights, mabubutas sa init). Try to wrap it in your flash too...
:)

Hi Jay,

For colored gels, (tulad mo ring kuripot hehe) i use colored cellophane which you can buy at National Book Stores, merong green, red, yellow, blue, orange...you can wrap it in your strobe (pero dont expose it too long on modeling lights, mabubutas sa init). Try to wrap it in your flash too...
:)

uy thanks po boss! oo nga ano, why havent i thought of that? :D saves up on the wiping part!

Uy, I can relate. Kapanahunan ko si Mang Gyber.

Made the ff:
1. Underwater case (for a PS camera) from a food container.
2. Light tent for less than P150.00
3. Flash diffuser from a fastfood styro

A few others still in the production line :)

Check this out:

http://diyphotography.net/

I think sonny did a great job with his improvised IR using floppy disks...CREATIVE!!!

Uy, I can relate. Kapanahunan ko si Mang Gyber.

Made the ff:
1. Underwater case (for a PS camera) from a food container.
2. Light tent for less than P150.00
3. Flash diffuser from a fastfood styro

A few others still in the production line :)

Sabi ko na sasagot ka Alden eh
:D ...guto ko yung "underwater case" mo...paano ba yung step by step, can you post kung ano ichura?:) ...sige nga paaano ba yung "flash diffuser" mo. Saka yung "light tent" na rin:D

I found my dad's old speedlite. Converting it to a ringflash soon.
Im hunting for materials now :D

I found my dad's old speedlite. Converting it to a ringflash soon.
Im hunting for materials now :D

sonny

let me know how your project goes...:)

Sabi ko na sasagot ka Alden eh
:D ...guto ko yung "underwater case" mo...paano ba yung step by step, can you post kung ano ichura?:) ...sige nga paaano ba yung "flash diffuser" mo. Saka yung "light tent" na rin:D

Sir, Ipopost ko sana iyung sample image. Pero heto ang message kapag nag-upload ako:

Exceeds forum quota by 1.51 MB

Gagawin ko pa sana ang step by step procedures kaya lang medyo matatagalan. Figure out ko rin muna kung paano mag-upload. Hehehe

I applied 3 layers of 3M Scotch tape over my built-in flash to serve as diffuser and it worked. :D

Reverse macro? is that what you call it? I read it from a site before.
Took two lenses and placed it infront of my cam one attached and the other reversed and placed infront of the attached lens. It produces a macro image. :)
You get a pretty shallow DOF too.
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e273/I_am_FlyLO/Piso.jpg

not really my diy but i tried using a cone-flash diffuser (http://www.nikkish.net/jeff/2006/05/booty-call.html) :Grin:

http://www.pbase.com/wlhuber/light_box_light_tent (http://www.pbase.com/wlhuber/light_box_light_tent)

I saw one photographer used a 1 litter white plastic container used for storing chamicals for photo lab printing. He used it as a flash diffuser. Cut off the top part, glue a 1 inch thick foam around the inside of the rim (where upper part was cut off), this will hold the diffuser to the flash steady. Works like stofen, he even said that it even works better than a stofen. Cost: free, photo labs throw them away anyway.

Ed

i once bought those made in china collapsible clothes hampers in SM handyman. made of white nylon fabric. just cut out some parts to stick the camera into and it was an instant light tent for less than P100

hmmm now i'm having secong thoughts on buying a light tent:)

When we were starting, a friend of mine cut the top half of a J&J baby milk bath and stuck it to his 430EX. Works just like the stofen. In fact, he calls it Sto-Fid.

Since I was using a 550EX, the J&J bottle would not fit my flash. So I took a bubble bath containter, cut just below the neck of the bottle. Stuck some styropor and some masking tape around the edge and viola! a macho version of the Sto-Fid.

Used a Fuji filmcan as a diffuser for my pop-up flash :)

im using a foamy material as a bounce card : http://abetterbouncecard.com/

ive aso tried the semi transparent cloro bottles as diffusers.

now im studying how to make the wire of my 20d's shutter release longer.

Reverse macro? is that what you call it? I read it from a site before.
Took two lenses and placed it infront of my cam one attached and the other reversed and placed infront of the attached lens. It produces a macro image. :)
You get a pretty shallow DOF too.
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e273/I_am_FlyLO/Piso.jpg
thanks for sharing. i have heard of the reverse lens technique before, but not the way you described it (with the use of two lenses). its something worth trying for sure :)

not really my diy but i tried using a cone-flash diffuser (http://www.nikkish.net/jeff/2006/05/booty-call.html) :Grin:
hhhmm... i dont think the link is valid anymore... plus, it says "booty-call.html"... weird.

i made a flash diffuser using a small illustration board and a clip for my SB400 speedlight.

Made a flash diffuser for my built-in flash out of...a folded piece of onion skin paper and a hair tie. Haha! I sometimes use table napkins. As in tissue. LOL!

I also made myself a light tent, which works wonderfully!

Aaaaand I made myself a star bokeh-fyer hood thing for my 50mm! Wooooh~

1. car sunshade as a reflector
2. translucent plastic storage bin as a light box + cover serves as a soft light diffuser for speedlites + it can fit some of your stuff too.
just like this one, pero mine has a translucent cover too.
http://images.kitnavia.multiply.com/image/5/photos/1/600x600/4/orocan-lightbox2.jpg?et=Uf5EsgHF4dUjkqv5NIZYvA&nmid=232265829
Got the Idea from him :)

Before I got the Lee flash gels, I DIY'ed gels from the colored translucent plastic folders.

Right: Lee flash gels. Left: DIY gels :D
And they're on top of the Lock n' Lock DIY drybox

http://i450.photobucket.com/albums/qq227/storycircle/DIYgelanddrybox.jpg

isn't it the other way around Lei?

Airsoft Utility Vest... in the process of converting it to a photographer's utility vest that's capable of supporting two dSLRs with heavy lenses; extra lenses; utility pockets for external flash unit, extra batteries, diffusers, etc... I'm almost done with it.

haha sorry! The above should've read:

left: Lee flash gels. right: DIY gels

paperclip = multi-tool

i used 2 halogen lights 150W (P100each) for my still life photos (no budget yet for strobes). its soo.. hot though

Maan: Use CFLs next time. :)

sorry po, what's CFLs? thank you!

compact fluorescent light

sorry po, what's CFLs? thank you!

Compact Fluorescent Lamps. They're low-energy bulbs - they save energy by making use of tubes instead of one large round bulb. (: Even if they use up less energy, they still give off the same amount of light as other bulbs, and they usually last longer, too. :D And, less energy = less heat! : D

Compact Fluorescent Lamps. They're low-energy bulbs - they save energy by making use of tubes instead of one large round bulb. (: Even if they use up less energy, they still give off the same amount of light as other bulbs, and they usually last longer, too. :D And, less energy = less heat! : D

thanks! hope it's cheaper too! thanks thanks! maybe models can now stand long hours under CFLs than halogens hehe!

Something like this:

http://store.tagotech.com/images/light-23.jpg

They have that in TayHua as well (with the light stand).

Kentucky Bucket White Plastic Cover :-)

Something like this:

http://store.tagotech.com/images/light-23.jpg

They have that in TayHua as well (with the light stand).

oh i see. does it really comes with the reflectors (as corrected by sir david)
how much for over all set of CFLs with stand? what's the recommended Watts? thanks!

black ones are called reflectors, no, the bulbs don't usually come with it unless you buy them as a kit. Search the prices in Tay Hua's website (just google it somewhere), higher wattage the better of course.

thanks sir. will research more about it. :-)