Soft box Close ups with 28mm.

So the soft box can kinda emulate the ABR800 portrait effects. I mean kinda, when I say "kinda", Its similar but not the same. Still it looks alright. These are two of me that I adjusted according to what you were trying to achieve. You don't need a several hundred dollar product, when you can "kinda" emulate its effect with a card board box...

22. Long Rifle Cartridge holder flash mod or just 22 mod. Grid Type Mod

So I came up with a really simplistic mod for speedlites. It requires 5 or 6 or more 22. Long Rifle  cartridge holders. Its basically like a type of grid attachment. All that you have to do is stack them together and tape them to the speedlite. I used some empty 22. Long Rifle brass and some old ear plugs to hold the cartridge holders together. Then I used some duct tape to affix the mod to the flash. The convenient thing is that you can add more cartridge holders if you want without much hassle other than putting them on, and taping if you choose.
Below is just one of the holders attached to a flash. I now have about 5 or 6 stacked for a better effect.

The cats (except for the gray cat below), myself, the flowers were shot with one or two holders and another type of holder with wings. The camera and the book were shot with the holders stacked 5 or 6 deep.

6 stacked together.

With one 22 LR holder.

 

6 Stacked together.

6 Stacked together.

6 Stacked together.

With one 22 LR holder.

With one 22 LR holder.

With one 22 LR holder.

Big Beauty Box!

Catz and the "beauty Box"

South Fork of the American River

Some Pictures from the South Fork of the American River near the town of Kyburz.

Around Sacramento