How can i make a homemade flash diffuser?

I have lost mine and have an indoor newborn nursery shoot on Saturday morning. I dont live near any camera stores and can not get to one before Saturday. I am having an anxiety attack trying to figure out how I am going to succesfully shoot this. Please help!How can i make a homemade flash diffuser?
You can try pointing the flash at the ceiling and using bounce flash. Or, tape a piece of white paper and the flash to point it upwards.How can i make a homemade flash diffuser?
1) Aim the flash at a wall, then white-balance for that.





2) Buy a white shower-curtain liner to use as a diffuser (or to cover the wall where you are going to bounce the flash in #1 above).





3) If you were planning on aiming the diffused flash at your subjects, please go to #1 above.





4) for each shot, determine the source direction of light that will produce the best image, then aim the flash so that the bounce comes from that direction. Make sure NO direct flash falls on the subject. Do NOT diffuse your flash.
Go to a fabric store and buy some white rip stop nylon, then go to the hardware store and buy pvc piping and connectors for the size of the diffuser that you want. Connect the rip stop nylon to the framework you made with the pvc piping, and you have a great homemade diffuser.
Here is a great link for a better bounce card.





http://www.abetterbouncecard.com/





Also, the end three or four inches of a translucent alcohol bottle makes a great Stofen. Just cut it off at your desired length. You might have to use a bit of tape to keep it on, depending on the bottle and flash. I have seen a homemade diffuser from a styrofoam cup, and a Fong-like device made from a clear plastic cup and white paper.





Depending on how the walls and ceiling are, you might just bounce with no diffuser.
In this sort of photoshoot I would recommend bounce flash. Point the flash head at the ceiling and let the light fall on the subject.If you have a white ceiling in your home you can try this with someone.





A quick note about diffusers --%26gt; A piece of wax paper taped directly to the flash head won't work it will only cut down on the amount of flash emitting out of the flash head. To get a diffuser to work properly it needs to be placed out in front, off of the flash head. The light emitting out of the flash then hits the diffusing material and is softened by it. The light is reduced a bit but you can compensate for it . Here is a link to a diffuser I made.This is just one of the many possibilities to make a diffuser. http://s162.photobucket.com/albums/t248/鈥?/a>
If your flash is the kind of external flash that is attached to the camera, you could always try wax paper. That usually works very well for me.\








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Here you go... there's a template you can use here:


http://super.nova.org/DPR/DIY01/