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New Rogue Flash Bender Diffusion Screens Overview

John Adkins — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:33:00 +0000

Do you already own a Rogue Flash Bender made by ExpoImaging? If so, then you will definitely want to pick up one of the new Diffusion Screens. These handy screens improve the light from the flash bender by diffusing the light giving it a softer quality, especially when used in close to your subjects.

The Rogue Flash Benders are handy speedlight modifiers that simply velcro on to your flash, and can then be adjusted and formed to better control and shape the light. The new Diffusion Screens simply velcro on to your already existing Flash Bender and help to spread and soften that light. The new Diffusion Screens also come in two sizes, one for the large Flash Bender and another for the smaller one. The large screen creates a 9" by 8" source of light and the smaller one is 9" by 4.5".

To give a frame of reference of the differences between using a bare flash and the Flash Bender with the new Diffusion Screens, check out the images below.

You can see in the photo above and to the left, what a hard shadow a bare speedlight creates, while in the photo to the right you can see how softer the shadows are and how much more diffused the light is by using the Flash Bender and Diffusion Screen. The flash used to light both of these photos was the same distance from the subject and also at the same angle. This modifier also appears to use roughly 2 stops of light. The only post work done to these photos was cropping, and combining them on one frame.

Rogue Gels Review!

John Adkins — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:56:00 +0000

Want to learn more about your flash? Check out John's Flash Workshop December 11th held here at Outdoor Photo Gear. For more info, click here. ExpoImaging (the same company that makes the really cool Flash Benders and Expodiscs) has come out with two new, very cool products for speedlight users: the Rogue Gels Universal Lighting Filter [...]

Don’t Leave Home Without a Reflector, Diffuser or Flash

Rick Sammon — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:26:49 +0000

Travel photographs © Rick Sammon. Fashion photograph © Vered Koshlano This post started out as just an observation: people all around the world paint their faces. In Brazil (bottom left), the Tarino Indians paint their faces so that when they go into the rain forest, the spirits recognize them and protect them, and help them with [...]

Quagmire – Behind the Scenes With Photographer Scott Holstein

Matt Dennison — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:02:04 +0000

No this is not an April Fool's post! But it is cool enough to be.

When we ran across this video on how Scott Holstein set up a great shot, we just had to post it!
Talk about creative flash placement!--you'll have to watch to see what we mean.

Here's the final shot:

Check out Scott's cool website at www.scottholsteinphoto.com

Video produced by Stormspeed Entertainment

Rick Sammon and the RayFlash

Matt Dennison — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:19:47 +0000

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Learn more about the RayFlash in the OPG store.

HonL Speed System Flash Modifiers Mini Review

admin — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:42:29 +0000

I’ve been using flash modifiers literally since I was a teenager. I’ve made my own and bought just about every conceivable retail modifier made – but as of this year, I’ve dumped almost everything but my HonL stuff. Here’s why…

Ray Flash Ring Flash Adapter Mini Review

admin — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:03:13 +0000

Model – Kayla Knudson There’s only one thing I can say that described the Ray Flash Ring Flash adapter: Cool. The Ray flash is not a genuine ring flash. Rather, it’s an adapter that turns your speedlight into a ring flash. I tested the Ray Flash on my Nikon SB-900. (NOTE: All photos in this review are Copyright Scott Bourne 2009 – All Rights Reserved. All images made with Ray Flash)