Posts Tagged ‘Uitrusting’
New Addition
After being impressed by the superb quality of the Canon 50mm EF 1.8 as a portrait lens for the 100th time, I thought, what the heck, I’m gettin’ me one!
So I did, and man this lens is amazing, the DOF on 1.8 really blows me away and the great bokeh makes my other lens almost superfluous.
Sooo… what’s the first thing to do when you get a new toy? … Right…, so here they are:
I know the focus is off just a tad (it’s on the eyebrow in stead of the iris), which is an obvious mistake with this lens, but I still like how the image turned out.
DIY Gelled Snoot
Because I wanted to do the classic smoke-shot I was in need of cheap snoot that would fit on my Speedlight 430EX or my Vivitar 285H. Since DIY is mostly the cheapest way to get something done, I browsed the net for a nice tutorial on HOW to build one.
After having consulted the Search-Guru-Google I came up with this blogpost by
Next up on my TO-DO list: DIY Grid Snoot
This is the result of my hard work:
