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I ran across this blog post this weekend, but didn't get around to posting it 'til now. Via Strobist, a photography lighting blog. It's a video of a fashion shoot by Nick Turpin for Men's Health magazine - they stopped people on the streets of London and shot them using a portable setup - one digital camera and an off-camera flash with a snoot. A snoot is something that restricts where light goes - most flashes and lights throw the light fairly wide, but if you want to spotlight or highlight certain areas of a photo while leaving the rest in shade, a snoot works wonders. Anyway, the video's worth watching if you're a photographer or artist or just curious, and the resulting photographs are beautiful.

If you want to make your own snoot for cheap, try Strobist's tutorial or DIY Photography's tutorial.

Noting for my own info: the boom the remote flash is on is a paint roller extender from a hardware store/DIY center. :)