http://fstoppers.com/how-to-use-and-build-your-own-ring-flash Video Blog for Creative Professionals Fri, 17 May 2013 06:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://fstoppers.com/how-to-use-and-build-your-own-ring-flash/comment-page-1#comment-20687 Gary Sat, 07 May 2011 03:19:00 +0000 http://fstoppers.com/?p=7653#comment-20687 @ Ghislain Leduc- THAT’S what I was looking for, too. It could be 3/4″ square tube, the inside width is just about right. The 12 ga. wire is overkill and more bother to work with than 14 ga. Also using the male end of a 14 ga. extension would make it easier to use. Keep the length short, under six feet. This baby is top heavy so sand bags should be used.

]]> http://fstoppers.com/how-to-use-and-build-your-own-ring-flash/comment-page-1#comment-20684 Ghislain Leduc Sat, 07 May 2011 00:28:00 +0000 http://fstoppers.com/?p=7653#comment-20684 It is very simple… BUT I really would have liked to know how he was attaching it to its tripod :)

]]> http://fstoppers.com/how-to-use-and-build-your-own-ring-flash/comment-page-1#comment-20683 Ghislain Leduc Sat, 07 May 2011 00:28:00 +0000 http://fstoppers.com/?p=7653#comment-20683 It is very simple… BUT I really would have liked to know how he was attaching it to its tripod :)

]]> http://fstoppers.com/how-to-use-and-build-your-own-ring-flash/comment-page-1#comment-20678 Luca Ragogna Fri, 06 May 2011 19:37:00 +0000 http://fstoppers.com/?p=7653#comment-20678 Syl Arena already did that. http://pixsylated.com/2008/12/i-shot-ben-willmore-in-broad-daylight-gang-light-part-1/

]]> http://fstoppers.com/how-to-use-and-build-your-own-ring-flash/comment-page-1#comment-20672 Kris Armstead Fri, 06 May 2011 18:31:00 +0000 http://fstoppers.com/?p=7653#comment-20672 I like this… so simple… i wonder what extremes it can be pushed too.

]]> http://fstoppers.com/how-to-use-and-build-your-own-ring-flash/comment-page-1#comment-20673 Kris Armstead Fri, 06 May 2011 18:31:00 +0000 http://fstoppers.com/?p=7653#comment-20673 I like this… so simple… i wonder what extremes it can be pushed too.

]]> http://fstoppers.com/how-to-use-and-build-your-own-ring-flash/comment-page-1#comment-20674 Kris Armstead Fri, 06 May 2011 18:31:00 +0000 http://fstoppers.com/?p=7653#comment-20674 I like this… so simple… i wonder what extremes it can be pushed too.

]]> http://fstoppers.com/how-to-use-and-build-your-own-ring-flash/comment-page-1#comment-20671 Patrick Hall Fri, 06 May 2011 18:29:00 +0000 http://fstoppers.com/?p=7653#comment-20671 We’ve posted a few DIY sliders (might be in a wednesday Rundown) but honestly, more than any other piece of gear I own, I would suggest buying a really good slider. If it’s not perfectly smooth then your footage will look really bad and that is one piece of gear you want to be built like a tank.

]]> http://fstoppers.com/how-to-use-and-build-your-own-ring-flash/comment-page-1#comment-20670 Anthony Kurtz Fri, 06 May 2011 18:25:00 +0000 http://fstoppers.com/?p=7653#comment-20670 I love seeing the before and after part when he starts lighting her. I need to start doing some DIY stuff…especially to build a decent slider. Anybody got one? I saw a video of a guy using tennis balls on his tripod legs and plastic pipes for the rail (was that on FS?)

]]> http://fstoppers.com/how-to-use-and-build-your-own-ring-flash/comment-page-1#comment-20668 Patrick Hall Fri, 06 May 2011 17:08:00 +0000 http://fstoppers.com/?p=7653#comment-20668 12 speedlights? If set to full power I doubt you could even properly expose your subject with that amount of power. That would be around 3 3/4 stops more powerful than a single SB800…you would be shooting at say f22

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