580 EXII as a Hair Light

[Hivoltage]

What kind of attachment to I need to make my 580 work as a hair light?

[Curtis N]

I use a cheap optical slave attached to the flash unit's PC socket with a short male-male PC cord.

You can get them here:
http://flashzebra.com/short_pc_sync/0052.shtml
http://flashzebra.com/opticalslaves/0050.shtml

You'll probably want to put some kind of flag or snoot on the flash to prevent lens flare. Here's a thread about how I did it.
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=419772

[form]

I used to use white paper for a snoot, but I think I'm switching to aluminum foil because it's easy to shape.

[PacAce]

What kind of attachment to I need to make my 580 work as a hair light?

Hmmm. Seems like your question is rather ambiguous. Care to elaborate? :)

[AB8ND]

Optical slave or radio trigger
You could make a snoot from a cereal box, or foam board and a grid from corrugated cardboard or black straws.

Jack

[Hivoltage]

Hmmm. Seems like your question is rather ambiguous. Care to elaborate? :)

Yeah...I was asking about shaping the beam....not about how to set the flash off. Sounds like I can make something good enough to experiment around with!!.

[bolantej]

some people use the cardboard from cereal boxes to make snoots.

[spxxxx]

For a custom solution try honlphoto (http://www.honlphoto.com/servlet/the-Shoe-dsh-Mount-Flash-Tools/Categories)

[jrsforums]

For a custom solution try honlphoto (http://www.honlphoto.com/servlet/the-Shoe-dsh-Mount-Flash-Tools/Categories)

A little DIY with "Fun Foam" and velcro will get you the same thing for less than $2.

[Village_Idiot]

I have an 8" snoot I made out of a Captain Crunch box and duct tape.

[Hivoltage]

OK, I am going to make me a snoot to test with, being into RC airplanes I have some white foam to mess with. One more question, where is the hair light suppose to be located in relation to the model?

And I am guessing the 580 needs to be in manual and you just have to play with the power?