Hi everyone.
This blog is specifically for photographers or people who want to learn a thing or two about photography. I have had multiple people that have written to me about using the HONL equipment as well as the Ray Flash, both products carried by ExpoImaging. This blog today is to talk about the HONL products and then tell you a little about how I used them. I had one person in particular write to me and he said–>
“Maria, one of your photographs is featured on the expoimaging.net site — it’s supposed to be showing the effects of using the Honl portable snoot. It’s a beautiful photograph. That photograph does not appear to be lit using that snoot! Though there is a sort of snoot like effect, it seems that the lighting is too even.Is there any way you could share with me what lighting arrangement you used for the effect? Was it really a single strobe with snoot??…Well, the three portraits of the models, and the lighting looks really superb. If you accomplished that using only one strobe with the Honl, I’m very impressed”
Steve, thanks for giving me the inspiration for this blog.
First, here are the photos that Steve was referring to:
Yes, all three of these photos were taken with ONE single strobe a Nikon SB-800. My tipod is as high as it can go and the flash is set up on the tripod like a studio strobe on a boom arm. All three of these photos have the model sitting on the ground and I am on a ladder. The modifier used for this is the HONL large snoot. Now, just because it hat can make a full tube does not mean that you need to make it a full tube. The snoot is actually open and at an angle in order to produce a soft box-type of effect. In the second photo, this is also a large snoot and it is pointed mostly at the ceiling and so the light hitting her is the bounce off of the ceiling. In the third photo, I used a HONL grid. I put a HONL grid on the flash and used it just like I would a honeycomb grid in the studio. Here are some images of the HONL products and note how the snoot is shown as open or closed into a tube.
SNOOT
GRID
GELS
GOBOS and BOUNCES
The HONL products are truly some of my favorite products. If you are a photographer, get some and play with them. They range from $9.99 to $29.99. Unlike all the other equipment that I am always talking to you guys about-these are NOT EXPENSIVE. Yes, they work on Canon flashes too for you non-Nikonians.
You really can do a lot of cool stuff with them and I promise all three of those photos were produced with just one SB800, one model, one tripod, one ladder, one HONL flash modifier and one me 
Thanks to those of you that have written to me to compliment me on these images. Next time, I will talk about the RAY FLASH–oouuhhh, it’s pretty!
Tags: expo imaging, For photographers, honl equipment, nikon sb800