Bubbles

[nonacaremac]

So I really enjoy making and using DIY equipment. Certainly it is cheaper but it is the challenge of solving a problem. For this one I used a softbox I made out of, a black tomato tub lined with aluminium foil and then baking parchment to diffuse the light. Total cost virtually nothing. Just cut a small hole in the side to allow my speedlight to poke through.

The pic is of the top surface of a soap bubble with a second inverted image on top.

Any thoughts and suggestions.

_P8A7300 by Nona Caremac, on Flickr

[DanK]

Nice image.

After working through a pack of different commercial diffusers years ago, I also settled on baking parchment. I use it to diffuse direct continuous lighting in studio macro, and my field macro rig is a diffuser body made out of a soda can with two layers of parchment taped to the front:

[nonacaremac]

DanK
I love your rig up. When you get into the DIY mentality you can fiddle around and change things until it does exactly what you want. You don't have to go out and buy a new something or other just because what you bought just doesn't quite do it.

Noncaremac