DIY Gary Fong Lightsphere

Step 2 Cutting

First thing when you get home, is to locate pair of scissors or sharp knife and cut a strip with following dimensions:

Width: 15cm
Height: 38cm

My estimate is that you could produce about 20 of these from one single roll of this product.

When you are done with your mass-production session, it is time to add some attachment components to your diffuser/bouncer.

The best way to attach this diffuser without the need for additional things into your flash, is velcro-tape ofcourse. We need one male and one female part of velcro-tape. Add the female one to the very end of the strip along the shorter side, while the other velcro-tape goes to the other side of the diffuser's shorter side.

This is important: Velcro strip on both sides of the shorter side and on opposite sides of the surface, not on the same side. If you don't get this, here is a "translation" by one of the readers:

Lay the strip of plastic on the table. Cut a piece of Velcro hook and loop tape to a length a bit less than the shorter dimension of the plastic strip. Stick the Velcro hook tape along one end of the strip, as in the photo. Turn the plastic strip over and put the loop tape along the OPPOSITE end. You'll end up with the hook tape on one surface of the plastic and the loop tape on the other surface.

Comments

[dave13]

I used a rotary cutting blade on a cutting mat. Worked very well. And, the measurements are already on the plastic cutting mat.

[dave13]

How about this:

Velcro strips will be attached on the shorter ends of the plastic. Place one strip of Velcro on the smooth side of the plastic and the other strip of Velcro on the bumpy side of the plastic [at the other end of the plastic].

[gslusher]

"This is important: Velcro strip on both sides of the shorter side and on opposite sides of the surface, not on the same side." That's rather confusing, as you use "side" to mean different things. Try this: Lay the strip of plastic on the table. Cut a piece of Velcro hook and loop tape to a length a bit less than the shorter dimension of the plastic strip. Stick the Velcro hook tape along one end of the strip, as in the photo. Turn the plastic strip over and put the loop tape along the OPPOSITE end. You'll end up with the hook tape on one surface of the plastic and the loop tape on the other surface.

[arturg]

That is great translation of the confusing text I tried to write. i will try to add this to the article. Thanks!