First thing done is to unscrew the frame of the halogen light.
How to barn door work in photography.
3 position the main lighting a strip light is placed above the windscreen facing in towards the car to light the interior and upper dash evenly.
These barn doors can be adjusted anyway we want to.
This is going to work as a brace for the door.
Barn doors are fixed onto the front of studio or theatre lights.
So the barn doors are to be fixed to a halogen light.
Barn doors allow for very confined flashlight strips or areas and flash feathering.
However the fitting is usually adapted for a brand of lights.
You ll need one 1 6 to stretch across the top of the boards horizontally.
Squeeze the boards together as you re screwing them together to avoid gaps in your door.
Next thing to do is to cut of the sheet metals to make the doors.
Barn doors are typically used in the photography studio with hard light sources like strobes.
The leaves are attached to strobes and the photographer then adjusts the pivoting of the leaves to adjust lighting.
They have four hinged doors around the light source.
The glass is removed by just bending the frame.
Use an impact driverto screw the screws through the 1 6 in each of the four boards which make up the door.
As you can see in the photo above the diy barn doors worked like a charm.
That set up seen right can be changed so you can control the light shape.
Use a cheap frying pan for better low angle shots.
The best part about the modifier is that you can smash it flat in your camera bag once it s removed from the flash.
Barn doors come in a huge variety of sizes suited to a wide range of lights.