Tim Williamson
04-01-2008, 09:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/diy-flash-diffuser-airline-barf-bags/' target='_blank'>http://digital-photography-school.c...line-barf-bags/</a><br /><br /></div><em>"Call me crazy, but I happen to like airplane travel…no, I’m not a huge fan of screaming babies, recirculated air, or stale snack crackers. Nor do I like lengthy airport security lines, accusatory customs agents, or the way that my equipment cases get beaten, mauled, and abused by the TSA whenever I travel from city to city. Nope, what I happen to like so much about airplane travel is that — each and every time I fly — that I always manage to walk about from the flight with at least two portable/foldable flash diffusers tucked away in my pockets."<br /></em><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/500/dht/auto/1206739867.usr209.jpg" alt="" /><br />Suhit recently posted an article that explains how to make your own <a href="http://forums.thoughtsmedia.com/showthread.php?t=32504" target="_blank">flash diffuser</a> for built-in camera flashes using an empty film roll canister, but the article here explains an easy and cheap (if you don't count the price of the airplane ticket!) way of making a flash diffuser for external camera flashes with an <strong>unused</strong> airline barf bag. It's funny that I came across this article last week since I'm headed out to Washington DC this Wednesday and should be able to get my hands on a few of these "flash diffusers" while in transit. I'll be interested to try this out for myself since I normally just aim the flash at the ceiling and bounce the light onto the subject of the photo. This seems to work well, but I wonder if the barf bag would work even better.