One of my friends at Pixel-Mesh took a few household tools and the leftover pizza box from his lunch and fashioned it into a homemade flash snoot that yielded surprisingly good results. A snoot restricts the light and allows you to direct it at a specific location, helping you to eliminate “light spill”
The Tools
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A razor knife, builders square and a roll of dark colored duct tape (you knew duct tape was going to make an appearance somewhere).
Using The Top of The Box
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Cut the outline of the snoot shape and cover the cardboard with a layer of duct tape.
Fold Into the Proper Shape
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Fold into the proper shape and tape it into position.
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Attach to The Flash
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If you sized it right it will fit on the flash without taping it.
The Results
With the flash attached to a Canon 5D MKII the results are not bad, not bad at all.