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I cannot view the embedded movie/video, there is always a "party-poker" popup showing up and the video itself "features" just a poker-screen after clicking on the play button.
I have firefox and windows xp and the latest flash plugin installed. so this should not be the problem?

michael

I like the looks of the Ikea beauty dish in the video and have been hunting for the plans but have not found anything. Has a diagram and list of parts been published anywhere?

Anthony

Just a couple of comments. One, I tried to get the Ikea pendant lamp and they will NOT ship. You can only buy it in-store. Two, where can I buy white boards Don used as reflectors that are that large? I can go to Office Depot and get boards that are about 36" square but Don's are much, much larger. Ideas anyone?

Sean

For those that are curious about the pan, it is a hanging lamp available at Ikea called "Septim". The dark green ones were on clearance for $8, normally $24. It is extremely lightweight and lined with white on the inside. The back was cut with heavy duty sheers used to cut PVC pipe (but a hacksaw would work) to accomodate the speedlights, bent back and taped with gaffers tape to cover the rough edges.. The inner pan are candleholders called "Beta" 4 pans for a 4 dollars. The pieces are glued together with superglue using a clear plastic container that held small cherry tomatoes with the end cut off, any small round plastic container will do. It took all day for the glue to set. The speedlight is attached to the pan using bungee cords.
I will post a follow up to this site with detailed instructions as soon as I can. I haven't made mine yet, Don has the original.

Larger foamcore can be obtained at art supply stores in varying sizes. The trick for the large ones is getting them home, the 4x8 foot size will not fit in a car. I wrapped the ends of mine in plastic and taped the plastic to the back of a small pickup truck. They will fly away otherwise.

This is a fantastic video, looking forward to seeing some more. Always nice to see other photographers using home made stuff and getting really good results!

The dish is actually the bottom aluminum pan in the section of Ikea that sells pots for planting. There are 4 in a package.