DIY Snoot

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.