To continue on with my strobist set-up which I previously discussed, I’m not testing my DIY snoot, the Strobist blog is suggesting to use a ceral box as a snoot which I think is good, but I’d like to try using a black cartolina instead.
Answers.com defined snoot as nose, while mimi.hu has given a more precise photographic definition of the word. Yes, it resembles a nose (more of an elephant trunk), to which the term has been derived, it’s being use to direct light to a particular location, it is being classified as lighting modifiers.
To further elaborate the practical use of a snoot, I’ve attached 3 photos of my DIY snoot in action. The first photo was taken with a snoot attached to an SB800 flash facing the camera, photo no. was an SB800 directed to a wall without the snoot & the last with a snoot on.
On the third image, you will notice that the scope of the light is smaller & more direct, which precisely what the snoot is for.
Now to try it on a subject, I called on my friend Kobe to be my model on this test. The first photo was taken with direct undiffussed (controlled) flash & the second photo with my DIY snoot.
Notice how the shadow on Kobe’s face added to the drama of the image, whew! This one’s a success, see you in my next experiment.
This post is tagged DIY, Lighting, Nikon CLS, Nikon Speedlights, Strobist
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