Entering the RING...

Finally, I am part of the RING...

After a long day last Friday (my band I'm Your Ace's gig on Mayric's), I made up my mind and confined myself indoors yesterday. I really needed this R&R badly because of some stuff that makes every college student go nuts. THESIS.

Anyway, after sitting on the rocking chair, turned on the TV and found out that our Cable went down. (Lucky eh?) I decided to be productive (which is a bit odd because I mentioned earlier that I need R&R), which finally made me up to 'enter the RING'.

or rather build a DIY Ring Flash.

Check out these sites for reference. Link Link Link

Here is my own creation.

Materials used:

1 - 15x20 Illustration Board
1- 15x10 Illustration Board
1 - roll of Masking Tape (Gaffers Tape can also be used)
1 - roll of All Purpose Aluminum Foil
Velcros
Scissors
Cutter
Ruler
Tape Measure
A Speedlight (duh...)
and a trigger (Wireless or your trusty ttl/non-ttl cable, your choice)


Here are some test shots:

Here is my sister Lea and our little dog, Shiva.








ISO 100,
1/160,
f/5.6
40mm,
1/4 power of an SB-25







check out the good rendering of shadow transition on Lea's face.

After (or while) cooking our lunch, I decided to use my Mom as my model to show the another good use of a ring flash in taming those harsh shadows.

Here is a shot without the ringflash.

ISO 100,
1/160,
f/5.6,
SB-26 fired on camera right with a 85mm throw on a 1/8th power.




Now, with a Ring Flash for fill.

ISO 100,
1/160,
f/5.6,
SB-26 fired on camera right with a 85mm throw on a 1/8th power. NOW, with a ringflash on a which is 2 stops lower than the key light (SB-26)


I'll pretty much agree with you on saying that some of these examples are not good enough to be posted as an example of how a Ring Flash works. I am hoping that the Mr. & Ms. CFAD (my college) shoot will be rescheduled tomorrow and I am pretty sure that I will give you better photos that are used with a Ring Flash.

If we pushed on through later our scheduled trip to Bonifacio High Street for the LEGO CITY OPENING, I might try bringing my DIY Ring Flash there and try to produce better results.

See yah when I see yah!