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Gary Fong Adds Extra Additions to the Lightsphere System

Chris Gampat
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08/30/2012
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The Gary Fong Lightsphere is either the bread and butter of a photographer or the bane of their existence depending on whom you talk to and how long the person has been in the industry. That’s why we’re expecting lots of mixed reactions about the latest additions to the system.

 

Snoot Collapsible

I’ve got to admit, the Gary Fong Lightsphere Collapsible was a genius idea. Though mine lives in a beauty dish at the moment, the company has unveiled their collapsible snoot. Like any other snoot, it takes the existing light from your flash and narrows it. Fong had a snoot before that was built like a baseball bat, but the fact that there is now a collapsible version might mean that you get some extra room in your camera bag.

Best of all, the snoot lid comes off, so maybe you could try my hack with it and aim the item at your subject for some interesting directional quality.

Use snoots a lot for creative portraits or for studio product photos? Get ready to throw down $49.95 for one.

Colored Domes/Gels

All Lightspheres need a dome; and the fact that the domes were interchangeable were a major strength for the system. But they were previously only available in opaque and amber. Now, you can carry almost a roll of lifesavers in your bag: to clarify, there are a bunch more colors. The new colors are red, green, gray (for you to achieve better white balance), and blue. These additions can be used pretty creatively in the same way that one would use gels.

The kit is available for $24.95.

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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