The reason I started this blog was because I came across Strobist, a great site dedicated to giving tips and tricks to other photographers with an emphasis on doing things on the very cheap side. I'm very impressed by the site and encourage anyone who has found my site to check it out.But one of the things I found that sparked my interest in the DIY photography niche was a spot grid for a small strobe. Here's the link for the strobist article. But I thought about it and wanted to try and make my own, which is what this article is about.
I liked the idea of being able to control the lights and how simple of an idea it is. I changed a few things, but the principle is still the same. I used black straws for my grid, superglued together, and then used some cinefoil (which I already had) to wrap around the grid as well as the flash head. Then I used some tape to hold the foil together and I was done.
The longest part of producing this was cutting and glueing the straws together. However it works fantastically well, which I'll upload better photos of how well it works later. But here are some examples and shots of the final product:
Above: With the grid spot on on camera flashBelow: Without grid on on camera flash
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