Snooty, Yet Warm
David Honl has just started shipping a gold-interior version of his popular 8" speed snoot, dubbed the Honl Zebra 8. When the light passes through the snoot, it bounces around and picks up the warm color -- similar to using a warming gel on your key light. Which makes it great for for lighting human beings, especially those from Great Britain.
It's a store-bought homage to an old trick I first picked up from my friend Chris Usher. He used to scrounge manilla folders when shooting biz portraits in an office. Just roll 'em up and make a warm snoot with a rubber band.The effect is similar, albeit less efficient.
Oh, and thanks to users having hacked the original use of the snoots, they now do double duty as bounce reflectors when attached in the manner shown in the photo up top.
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Us folks from GB need all the warmth we can get!
Probably kinda useful - but I don't quite get all those colored diffusers and bounchers and whatever. Wouldn't combining it with a gel have the same effect, and even be more flexible - or am I missing something here?
"especially those from Great Britain."
Hey, I heard that.
As someone who owns 2 of David Honl's 8in Snoots, It states on his website that new snoot "comparable to using a 1/4 CTO filter". Are you not better sticking a 1/4, 1/2 or full cut CTO on your flash and then use a regular 8in snoot? That way you can control the amount of warmth via your choice of CTO's and also via the white balance!
Sorry don't see the point of this product apart from gaining a little power from not gelling the flash.
Am I missing something?
+1 on use of a CTO gel with the original version.
Hey, us Brits are all toned, tanned and... oh, actually I see your point!
Back to the point... is there any difference using this vs a regular version plus CTO gel? Seems to me that a neutral one with held gives more control and flexibility?
Paul
Awesome! Will have to give that a try some time...
Not sure i could actually pay so much for a snoot, With this im tempted though.
Great Britain not UK?!
Why leave out the Northern Irish? They need a bit of a warm touch just as much as the Brits!
The concept works fine, but really much more versatile to just get some white and black neoprene and then gel your flash with the appropriate color in order to either balance the ambient light with the flash temperature or alternate gel color depending upon your desired effect.
The foam should only set you back a few bucks at your local art/craft store.
*ahem*... we in Berlin would like some of that British tanning lotion, please...
Next you'll be commenting on British teeth! Does Honl make a snoot that whitens teeth?
Hi.
Anyone had the chance to compare the HonlPhoto 8" and Chuck Gardner's DIY Reflector ? I´m super happy with DIY Reflector, but kinda curious about the HonlPhoto 8"
http://super.nova.org/DPR/DIY01/
Buy the material and make your own.
It's cheaper, and BTW, that's not a snoot.
Great to see another addition to the Honl product line. I use his snoots, flags and grids pretty often.
I also like the qualities of the zebra fabric. On my Sunbounce reflector it slightly warms up the light which gives a pleasing look without getting that golden 80's Playboy look. And it's also very effective in reflecting light which is important with speedlights.
I'm not sure the surface of the snoot, when used like in the picture, is big enough to give the soft light I want most of the time. But then I can use my Sunmover, it's focusable which allows me to light just the face up to full body. But on smaller subjects or as fill, the new snoot should be a good tool too.
It's always about picking the right tools for the job and it's good to see new tools entering the market.
LOL "Which makes it great for for lighting human beings, especially those from Great Britain."
That's a bit of a snide comment about us Brits. Personally I would rather be pale and skin cancer free.
DH - Great lookout. The hed cracked me up.
BTW - did I ever show you my feather-weight DIY beauty dish?? http://tiny.cc/b_dish
I use this Snoot technique often when shooting with Flash. But I wrap the Snoot around the THINNER portion of the camera flash instead of the wider portion. This allows me to take Portrait shots as well as Landscape(with the Snoot wrapped around the wide section, you can't take Portraits and have the Snoot in the proper place -- sorry, hard to explain in words. Give it a try).
YES!!! I can't believe my eyes! Honl has finally answered all of my prayers. I am going to be able to use this so much! I is probably going to improve my photos by at least 34.67 percent. I don't know what I have been doing without one all this time! I'll take seven!
"especially those from Great Britain."
Hey, I heard that too!
Hahaha, we in GB need all the help we can get! One of the reasons you have a strong following here is that we have no light, especially up here on the perpetually damp, waterlogged archipelagos off the north coast of Scotland!
Outside, at midday today, in the middle of a field, my daughter metered at 1/20 at f8, ISO 200 on my D3. A bit of warming light sounds great - when you can solve chattering teeth, knocking knees and goosebumps, you're up for an OBE!
Corinne ;-)
@Hannah:
The Irish have the ginger hair to warm up their faces...
@ Mike
Actually it is a snoot, there is velcro along the long edges that u velcro together, but it also doubles as a mini reflector.
its a great unit because it can fit any flash head you have in ur collection. great for those of us who have a mixed bag of flashes.
Not sure if this is the right place to put this, however, I present (mainly for amusement):
Strobo-brella!
http://gallery.photo.net/photo/10772396-lg.jpg
http://gallery.photo.net/photo/10772395-lg.jpg
http://gallery.photo.net/photo/10772394-lg.jpg
Another go at the Stroborella, with a silvered umbrella. No flare issue, better balance (heavy too...)
Stroborella - II
http://gallery.photo.net/photo/10772560-lg.jpg
http://gallery.photo.net/photo/10772561-lg.jpg
http://gallery.photo.net/photo/10772562-lg.jpg
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