LED ring light/ shoe mount light

Coming up with an idea for an instructables as a class project seemed daunting at first. But as i thought about it, I wanted to make something i could use on a regular basis. And seeing how i am into videography i wanted to build i supremely light weight and bright light. I Often see big bulky lighting rigs on cameras, all which seem intrusive to the one operating the camera.Inspiration for my project came from,http://www.instructables.com/id/Camera-Light-Ring/, what drew me to this was the use of white LEDs. I happen to really enjoy the crispness and workability white LEDs have on video. What i wanted to add to set my project apart was a potentiometer to control how much light i was letting out. Despite the appearance of the light as is may be off putting. It is meant to be behind the camera and it works better than expected.

Step 1:

I started out with a simple camping light, as recommended by said instructable. The inside of the light display is fairly simple. It used a simple connection, with one resistor. The resistor i was able to replace with a potentiometer. so in step one i cleaned out the inside battery array and resistor.