People 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!)
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About Haje Jan
This post was written by Haje Jan Kamps, who has written 554 articles for Photocritic
Haje has written half a dozen books about photography. He spends most of his time running Triggertrap, a company that creates creative tools for triggering your camera.
His most recent books are:
- Shooting Yourself - Self portraits with attitude.
Digital Download / in bookstores - The Rules of Photography - and when to break them.
Digital Download / in bookstores - Focus on Travel Photography - take great photos wherever you go.
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