Hack Attack: DIY light bounce wall
Sick and tired of bouncing your flash off walls that are too far away? Here's how you can make your own portable bounce wall!
- Webby Award honoree, 2x Gold Telly Award winner
Welcome to Hack Attack, where we take a light-hearted look at building your own photographic tools on the cheap.
Photography is an expensive hobby. With new toys being released all the time to make you lust after pricey photo gear, Hack Attack provides the wallet-friendly version of doing it yourself. Over the coming weeks, you'll be able to watch the projects grow in complexity, and possibly see some epic DIY fails along the way.
Are you sick and tired of bouncing your flash off a wall, only to find that it's too far away to make a difference? This week's build brings the wall closer to you! For this hack, you will need:
Digital SLR and flash unit
Three L-shaped brackets that will accept a quarter-inch bolt
Several quarter-inch bolts and nuts
Double-sided tape
A white piece of cardboard.
The inspiration for this hack comes from the Sunbounce Bounce-Wall, which retails for around €100. I don't know about you, but I'd rather spend one tenth of that making my own version!
Want to see an example of the bounce wall in action?
