How to make your very own Bazooka flash!
I use this little fun device now and then, on some of my portrait shoots when I want some dramatic spotlighting. I thought I would share how it's made.
Now I didn't invent this thing, I had seen it on a website years ago and I can't find the site any longer.
Here's how it's made
Ingredients:
One camera flash
A small piece of PVC pipe
1 Flexible Pipe Connector
I added a hanger to give the PVC some support when it's on my stand and I also added some black spray paint just to make it look cool!
Here is what the bazooka looks like:

Here are a few of the results:

That is so cool! So what do you mean by camera flash? I cant tell by the picture. What flash did you use? Love the effect!

Kerri

It's just a canon 550ex on a light stand.

The results look great. But can u give us a detailed view of your construction? How do you fit the Bazooka to the flash?

Thanks.

Mario

Here you go... it just slips into the back(I added a flash light diffuser for a better fit)...Just bring your flash to the hardware store so that you can find the connector with the best fit.

Very cool snoot! Thanks for the info!

Thanks, dude!

Mario

Outside the box. I love it.

But I'd suggest going with white PVC - you may get more punch out of it.

It looks like the inside is white, but I'm just going from the pic.

neato burrito! gotta try that. thanks for sharing!

very cool ... gonna have to try this.

thanks for sharing!!

Thanks for the extra info and pic! Now I totally see what you mean...

When we are done with wedding season we are going to try stuff like this...FUN!!!

Thanks!

Kerri

yep it's white inside...just spray painted black on the outside to make it look cool

Ooooo..... PVC *and* spray paint. Getting fancy.

only the best

Fun! I've been meaning to make a snoot. I was going to go with taped up black plastic. Maybe I need to be cooler!

thats so cool. thanks for sharing

no problem.. I'm going out right now to shoot a senior portrait with it… I'll post some of the new image later.

This is great..this is an item I added to my "honey do" list and he is excited about it 'cuzz he already has the stuff!! I will post some pics when it is done! thanks!

Geanette

OK here is the Bazooka pix from today... I have never really done senior portraits before but I had fun with them…I’ll post some more later.

Nice, I think im gonna give this a try. Thanks Steve! Excellent results

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Nice, I think im gonna give this a try. Thanks Steve! Excellent results
Nice..tell me how it works out for you!

Steve...this is really inventive. I dig it!
Kev

Cool "tube lighting"

Is that a mamiya C 330...I hardly ever get mine out anymore. The day I do get it out is a day of darkroom therapy!

Jenny

I rigged one of these up today and we'll be experimenting with it a little bit (hopefully) at a TTD session today. I'll try to post photos later. I haven't tried to rig is so that it actually sits on a tripod yet. The PVC is pretty heavy and puts a LOT of strain on the flash shoe and the rotating flash head so some kind of bracket like Steve made is very necessary if you don't want an assistant to have to hold it for you the whole time.

Yeah it's nice to have extra hands if you can get it because the PVC can be heavy. The brace works well when you don’t have anyone to help… Tell me how it works out for you!

Thats an old Rollei that I got from a friend... still works...sort of

Ah, Rollei's are good cameras! I have one, but it has a pinhole in it so I never use it...well, Ok, so I don't use anything that requires loading film these days.

Strobist.com is all about off camera lighting, I'm hooked on it. I have cardboard ones and chloroplast grids and black straw grids and an addiction to anything off camera... So image how psyched I was when I saw this I'm going straight to the DIY shop tomorrow

Would love to see how it works out for you!