NEED TO MAKE A HOME MADE DIFFUSER - HELP ASAP

I am doing a event tonight at a club, and I lost my diffuser for my 430ex flash unit. It sucks, cuz I neeed a diffuser it works sooo much better. What are some quick things I can make or whip up before 12 midnight!

I would really appreciate the help. Thanks in advance guys..

I found a decent link for anyone interested or maybe in my situation or have been in my situation.

http://home.comcast.ne​t …smit/bounceflas​htoys.html

Curtis N wrote in post #6388837

?? I GOT NOTHING...

SMH

Band an index card to your flash head.

Go high-tech and band it to the short edge of the flash and then you can go portrait by simply tipping the head up.....

Try doing something with a clear milk jug.

The previous example was a bounce card which could give you good results provided you have something to bounce the flash off of. With the card you would aim the flash toward a wall or ceiling and the face of the card would be toward your subject. A card won't help if you don't have something to bounce the flash off of.

doidinho wrote in post #6389289
Try doing something with a clear milk jug.

The previous example was a bounce card which could give you good results provided you have something to bounce the flash off of. With the card you would aim the flash toward a wall or ceiling and the face of the card would be toward your subject. A card won't help if you don't have something to bounce the flash off of.

Neither will a milk jug....

use bubble wrap. turn it into a cylinder with an open top and wrap it around your flash. works EXACTLY like the gary fong stuff.

Titus213 wrote in post #6389418
Neither will a milk jug....

I would think that a gallon milk jug would give you a large enough surface to actually diffuse the light a noticeable amount without the bounce component. Stick it on the flash and aim it toward the subject. It might soften things almost as much as a very small soft box. It would be head and shoulders over a tiny StoFen.

Jim M wrote in post #6399537
I would think that a gallon milk jug would give you a large enough surface to actually diffuse the light a noticeable amount without the bounce component. Stick it on the flash and aim it toward the subject. It might soften things almost as much as a very small soft box. It would be head and shoulders over a tiny StoFen.

I'm not a big fan of the Stofen either.