DIY gridspot for Bowens
When I’ve got my Bowens kit I had just 1 reflector, umbrella and a softbox. After some time shooting I realized that I need a gridspot, so I went to a photo store with my kit reflector. The salesmen said that they don’t have the grid for my kind of reflector and also my reflector doesn’t support gridspots. He suggested me a reflector with a gridspot for $100.
So I decided to make a grid by myself. I bought a pack of black drinking straws ($1), a glue ($2) and a piece of cardboard from the pizza box.
DIY grid honeycomb for bowens (straws for gridspot)
Next I made a circle out of a cardboard to fit inside the reflector. Then I cut a dozen of straws for about 2cm glued them inside the circle.
DIY grid honeycomb for bowens (the grid)
DIY grid honeycomb for bowens (honeycomb gridspot)
And the finale step was to glue 2 pieces of gaffer tape on the outer side of the circle it will help to get the grid out of the reflector.
DIY grid honeycomb for bowens (the grid in reflector)
Tags: bowens, diy, grid, gridspot, honeycomb
Categories: diy, flash
June 24th, 2009 at 11:48 am
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