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brolly.jpgPeople get extremely creative when it gets to getting the lighting right. My old mate Ed just tipped me off about one which is particularly weird. But as far as making people laugh, it works. The bonus? it means you can get some excellent lighting for impromptu portrait photography!

Basically, you take a helmet, you mount a flashgun on top, and you add a reflective brolly. It’s laughably simple, but it may just work… if you can live with the shame, that is :)

Check out the page by Juergen Specht which also shows pictures taken with the rig, and further explanations, if you should wish to build one for yourself.

(Cheers, Ed!)

Money made from this advert will be invested in prime lenses.
This post, "Umbrella helmet lighting", is part of these categories: All articles, was posted by Haje Jan Kamps and saw the light of day on the 11th of April 2006. I hope you liked it.

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By Stu on April 11th, 2006 (permalink)

Not a chance :)

By Haje Jan Kamps on April 11th, 2006 (permalink)

You big wimp.

By b walker on April 11th, 2006 (permalink)

no i’m with him on this one turk theres no bloomin way i’d wear that on the streets, i’d pay a lanky child to walk beside me and wear it.

By Schleybell on April 17th, 2006 (permalink)

If I ever, EVER hear you say ’so…fancy wearing a helmet?’ to me I will beat you with the umbrella.

Please. Please do this.

By David Hobby on May 18th, 2006 (permalink)

I love it, I love it, I love it!

I’d never actually *USE* it, but I love it just the same.

We have some DIY small flash stuff (snoots/gobos and macro strip lights) on Strobist, but absolutely *nothing* like this.

I keep thinking about Al Franken on the old Saturday Night Live skit with the sat antenna on his head…

Helmet umbrellas. Gotta love it.

-Dave

By HighInBC on July 9th, 2006 (permalink)

Man, I don’t care if I look like a dork, those pictures look great, and were taken with a minimum of setup.

 

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