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DIY DSLR Flash Bounce Card

DIY DSLR Flash Bounce Card
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After I got my D90, my dad let me have his old(But barely used) flash unit from his SLR.  This is great because it allows me to play with the lighting of subject and be creative with different lighting angles.  However, pointing the flash directly at your subject is usually not effective and can  cause ugly shadows.  In order to get rid of those, you want to bounce the light off of a wall behind you, or the ceiling.  You can also use a small bounce car that is mounted to the flash unit to act as a "wall".  Heres how to make one for nearly free.
 
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Step 1Tools and Materials

Tools and Materials
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I say "nearly" free because you can make this with materials you already have laying around.  Fortunately, my dad spent a fair amount of time working at printing companies, yielding a large array of different type of paper available to me.


Tools:
* Scissors,
* Pencil,
* Ruler.

Materials:
* Cardstock/thick paper of your choice,
* Wide rubber band (You can find these on produce usually).

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Dec 15, 2009. 7:41 PMClayton H. says:
I belive its called a DSLR not DLSR.
Anyway, good instructable.

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