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Prior to that, I either bounced the light off the ceiling/wall (which didn’t work too well if you had high or painted ceilings) or aimed the flash directly at the subject (which created harsh shadows and unevenly exposed areas). Compared to this, the handmade bouncer was a revelation.

The original cardboard bouncer was cut from a regular piece of cardboard and lasted only a couple of weddings before it became dirty or damaged. For the past several years I’ve been trying to perfect this product and I think I have the winning formula.

If you were looking for a way to diffuse the harsh light from you on-camera and off-camera flash, this is the only flash bouncer you will ever need.

Here’s the recipe:
Ingredients:

• White Foam Board – you can pick this up at Walmart, Target or any stationary store, like Staples. It costs anywhere from $2 to $4, depending on size and store.
• Scotch All Weather Fasteners – for mounting the bouncer to the flash unit.
• Flash Bouncer Template – I made a template in Adobe Illustrator for cutting out the bouncer from the foam board.

STEP 1

Download the Flash Bouncer Template and use it to cut out the shape of the bouncer from the foam board. For mine, I used a laser engraver which made the edges smooth and even. (see photos below)

STEP 2

Attach Scotch All Weather Fasteners to the bottom part of the bouncer and back head piece of your flash. (see photos below)

That’s it!

Here’s how the whole kit looks assembled.

Now go make your own. Or, for just $14.95 I can make one for you using my state-of-the-art laser cutter. I’ll even engrave your logo on it FREE of charge (email your logo in EPS vector format to molotalk@gmail.com).

Shimmy Susskind, a Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi doing the evening prayer at his home in Vernon Hills, IL. Chabad is the world’s largest and best-known Hasidic movements with more than 1300 institutions in over 70 countries. The Susskind family, originally from Brooklyn, established the Vernon Hills Chabad house in 2010. Only a year into its existence, it already has more than 300 members.

Lighting: Ultra 1800 White Light with Westcott umbrella at about 30 degrees, pointing from subject’s chest level up. 1/16th power. Canon 430 flash with handmade bouncer on top of bookshelf behind subject, -2 compensation. You can see entire light setup here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/molotalk/5886898500/in/photostream.

Camera Settings: Canon 40D, 50mm f/8 1/50 ISO 400

Editing: tone correction, manual dodge and burn, sharpening

Source: http://technabob.com/blog/2011/05/29/iron-man-flash-drives/

This is Royce (known as Pedro in his formal life). He was adopted a month ago from Orphans of the Storm, an animal shelter in Riverwoods, IL, and renamed after a Latin singer, Prince Royce. We never knew we wanted a dog, until we saw him.

Source: http://www.likecool.com/Condom_USB_Flash_Drive–Design–Gear.html

LEGO® just released a custom shaped Minifigure USB drive in 2GB. Cost is $25. Given that they do their own ABS plastic injection moulding, I’d figure the price would have been lower. But as you may know, once you have a strong brand presence established, you can charge anything you want.

We recently shot a Bat Mitzvah, and now a week later, the client is getting all their photos on a couple of 32GB flash drives.

By the way, smaller capacity flash drives make great wedding favors and digital thank you cards (if you load a 10 minute recap video of your event).