bunch of straws in lighting kit

[kptasteve]

This will bring a chuckle I know to some, but I just received a lighting kit that came with multiple dark straws. I have an idea that these are to make your own grid snoot filter?? Is this right. Why would they sent the straws and not a box to make the snoot? By the way they also include some black tape.


Advice on making these is MORE than welcome!!!!

[Mr Guy]

Strobist kit from mpex?


Yeah, I didn't really know what to do with the reflective paper or the straws either. I figured I could in some way jerryrig a snoot, a grid or gobos, but I couldn't really picture how to do it in a useful way.

[ttosifa]

Check out this thread at Strobist. DIY grid instructions a few posts down.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/strobis...iy+straws+mpex

[dakwegmo]

Here are the step by step instructions:

http://lightingmods.blogspot.com/200...id-part-1.html

At the end of the How-To post is a link to part 2 which actually shows you what you can do with them.

[kptasteve]

What a wonderful post in Strobist. I am becoming SO addicted to these two sites that I can not get my job done at work. It is like having an never ending magazine that answers all of my questions. Thanks so much for your post.