Taiming Your Colorsplash Flash on Lomography

Taiming Your Colorsplash Flash
written by gvelasco on August 11th, 2009 , 10 comments (7 votes)

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tipster, tips, DIY, film canister, flash, diffuser, and colorsplash

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We all know how cool the Colorsplash Flash is, but for all of its coolness it’s a bit primitive. It’s a purely manual flash with no sensor to control the amount of light that gets onto your subject. It’s pretty easy to blow out things that are close to you, especially if you’re using a sensitive film. If you know you’re going to be shooting things up close you may want to “soften” the light with a diffuser. This will also take the sharp edges off of your flash pictures.

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This trick will also work with your Colorsplash camera! :)
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10 comments

by xbalboax
3 months ago
genius!
by lomosexual_manboy
3 months ago
Yes, and it also works well with the Diana flash:
http://www.lomograph(…)h-diffusers
by eva_eva
3 months ago
great idea!
by lovesmesumcake
3 months ago
I HAVE to try this! I also have to get a new colorsplash flash...mine broke after being dropped a few too many times. :(
by mizzfonky
3 months ago
thx for sharing this trick.. I also always have overlighted pictures with my colorflash
by cinzinc
3 months ago
im off to do this tipster! =)
by die_raupe2
3 months ago
deceptively simple yet perfect
by mattcharnock
3 months ago
brilliant! i have used a milk carton before, but will have to try this!
by charwang
3 months ago
such a great tip! next time i'm out, i will definitely try this one.
by kdstevens
3 months ago
Good job--great idea. Simple and elegant.

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