Speedlite modifier

mchong75 wrote in post #12570620
Not a catchlight or a rim light. LOL sorry. I'm having a brain fart as far as what I'm trying to describe.

If you look at Peter's (pnmd) lighting style, his back lights are somewhat round (of course he uses strobes with round head).
That's what i'm trying to achieve. (I tried adjusting the power output, adjusting the distance of the flash and adjusting shutter speed with no success)
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Ok, so you want point lights back at the camera and see a round burst of light rather than an oval or elliptical shape?

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TMR Design wrote in post #12570657
Ok, so you want point lights back at the camera and see a round burst of light rather than an oval or elliptical shape?

So, it's called a "point light".

Yes, that's exactly what I like to achieve with a modifier with a speedlite.

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mchong75 wrote in post #12570704
So, it's called a "point light".

Yes, that's exactly what I like to achieve with a modifier with a speedlite.

Sorry. No, that was just a typo. I omitted the word "to".

It should have read "Ok, so you want to point lights back at the camera....?

I was just confirming that that is what you wanted to do?

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TMR Design wrote in post #12570739
Sorry. No, that was just a typo. I omitted the word "to".

It should have read "Ok, so you want to point lights back at the camera....?

I was just confirming that that is what you wanted to do?

Yes I do.

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TMR Design wrote in post #12570826
If you're not getting a round shape or the desired shape then you can use just about any modifier or bracket that accepts modifiers. If the only thing you're trying to do is to round off the shape of the light then you could probably use any cheap device off ebay.

That's the problem. I can't seem to find a round modifier / reflector type for speedlites.

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mchong75 wrote in post #12570848
That's the problem. I can't seem to find a round modifier / reflector type for speedlites.

That is why we mentioned the attachment 'beauty dish' for speedlights, or the Fong Lightsphere.

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mchong75 wrote in post #12570848
That's the problem. I can't seem to find a round modifier / reflector type for speedlites.

can we see the pics that you took using the bare flash to see the shape of the lights pointing at the camera

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Wilt wrote in post #12570862
That is why we mentioned the attachment 'beauty dish' for speedlights, or the Fong Lightsphere.

... or a Cool Whip container with a rectangular cut-out in the bottom to fit over the Speedlite head.

If all you want is the appearance of a bright white round hotspot in the photo, that would probably do it.

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FJ LOVE wrote in post #12570909
can we see the pics that you took using the bare flash to see the shape of the lights pointing at the camera

Sorry, I didn't save any of the test shots.

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nathancarter wrote in post #12571101
... or a Cool Whip container with a rectangular cut-out in the bottom to fit over the Speedlite head.

If all you want is the appearance of a bright white round hotspot in the photo, that would probably do it.

You've got to first get the packaging label ink off the top of the Cool Whip container, or you end up with a colored light source!

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nathancarter wrote in post #12571101
... or a Cool Whip container with a rectangular cut-out in the bottom to fit over the Speedlite head.

If all you want is the appearance of a bright white round hotspot in the photo, that would probably do it.

Heck, if I wanted to ghetto-fy (new word from me LOL) a round reflector, I would have gone to 7-11 and got me the largest cup and trim the size down with a lid over it.

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mchong75 wrote in post #12571180
Heck, if I wanted to ghetto-fy (new word from me LOL) a round reflector, I would have gone to 7-11 and got me the largest cup and trim the size down with a lid over it.

But if all you want is a 4" round light source, no point in paying $70 to get that, when the 'ghetto-fy' works just as well.
A Folger's coffee can provides a larger diameter round source, if that's what you are after.

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