diy barndoors,
originally uploaded by o7photographs.

Just noticed that this image had gone over the 1000 views on Flickr! Still a bit sad that it’s a diy thing and that it’s not because of the quality of the image but okay…

I got some sheets of honeycomb from saxonpc, which is actually not real honeycomb but looks more like glued straws. Only these are way more solid than my own glued straws so I’m pretty happy with this.
Fairly simple: just cut out with a sharp knife, add some “hobbyrubber” to fit it to the flash. I’ve made it so that there’s room in front of the grid to insert a second grid.
Only thing was that the SB28’s diffuser sticks out quite a bit on the top of the flash so I had to make a little cutout in the grid.

Yes, dear friends, I have switched to the dark side! Well, at least, a bit. I have bought myself a nikon light saber flash. It’s an SB28, they usually go for around 100 euro’s but this guy had dropped it and the foot broke so I got it for ~40. I thought I could fix that and at least create a strobist capable flash. I don’t care about the other stuff with this one. When it arrived I was so surprised at the size. It’s way smaller than my other flashes, and comparing to the Canon 540EZ’s it’s a midget and they’ve got the same power… The reason I needed a new flash was that I had fried one of the 540’s (I had 2 of them). So now that I fixed the SB with some help of a piece of PCB, I am very pleased with this little one. Maybe I’ll try to sell the 540 and buy another SB28. Bonus that you get is the pc sync port, this will come in handy.
There are some downsides though… I don’t like the soft touch keys, and I know of someone else’s that are busted. The flash test button isn’t easy to operate and I’ll get loads of questions from people that aren’t aware of strobist why I’m using a nikon flash with a Canon camera :P
So, in the pictures there are some details on the repair of the SB and the size comparison.

I was asked by Mitros to shoot for their 10 years anniversary a series of photographs on the seventies areas of Nieuwegein. These are very different, some very green and some very gray. These will be used at a conference on these areas Friday 4th of April.
At first the assignment was very clear on what they wanted; a shop owner in front of his shop, recreation in the park etc. However, during the assignment and after some first results they asked for more “artsy” or abstract images. There was not enough time to do all the stuff in the more abstract form but I got some of it redone. In the end they chose 10 images to be printed on 3mm Forex (a plastic) at 50×75 cm with a black border.

Okay guys, DIY-ing is fun, I admit but it can be dangerous. I made the DIY packs and recently fried one of my flashes :( I had put the connectors to the battery on the wrong way! mmm… what’s that funny smell. Just a word of advice: be careful!
And no, this ain’t no april fools day joke. I just wish it was…