DIY Ringflash – Intro, originally uploaded by jphphotography.

I finally decided to try making a ringflash. I based my design around this guy’s version

www.motleypixel.com/forum/index.php/topic,80.0.html and made my own adjustments. All in all it turned out

pretty good.

DIY Ringflash – Step 1 Cut PB Jar

This step was harder than it sounds, the plastic was too thick to cut with just an olfa knife so used a hacksaw.

DIY Ringflash – Step 2 Cut the big bowl

Pretty simple if you have a dremel, my bowl was a little thicker so I just scored it with the dremel then used a pen knife to cut through it.

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DIY Ringflash – Step 11 Finished Product

Voila. Yours may look a little different, for example I used the cord elastic from an old fleece jacket I had so I kept the adjustment dohicky, its not realy necessary and I figured they might not be readily available so I left it out of the plans.

I’ll hopefully have some more test shots to post later.

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