Gaynor Gritzi has a very cool ring flash for photographers. I’ve only barely scratched the surface of what it can do, but already I can see two ways it can make lighting a shot easier.

The first is that I have a photo studio with three light balls that I manually move closer or farther away as needed. This isn’t a lot of work, honestly, but it is a pain when I have a shot set up and then have to zoom my camera back and try to get the lights in the right spots. The Ring Flash HUD makes changing intensity, radius, falloff, and RGB values so much simpler and quicker than moving around the light balls.

The second is when I am out and about and am trying to take photos in a place where I really don’t want to (or maybe can’t because of permissions) pull out my own light balls. This ring flash just attaches to your head like a face light and makes the process much easier.

So to test this out in the field Uhi and I went to the WWF island.

HUD with default settings.

Playing around with environment settings set to midnight.

The ring flash on “show” so you can see the different lights. When you set the ring flash to “hide” you can’t see the lightbulbs.

The only thing I can think of to make it better is having an easier way to go from one extreme to another (like going from 100% to 0%) on the settings, but I’ve never seen a better interface option on any other HUD (like a slider or input) so it probably isn’t even possible to try a different approach.

This is a really great gadget and I am looking forward to getting a lot of use out of it!

Read more at Gaynor’s site

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On Uhi:
Top: Rosemar Freebie Scoop-Neck Sweater - Purple (free)
Pants: Zyrraphotic Black Jeans (free at Fashion Avenue)
Skin: Rosemar Creampuff Skin - Espresso (free)
Eyes: CSI:NY Hana Eyes (free from CS:NY orientation island)
Hair: BP* Big Bomb Hair (lucky chair), top and bottom pic, boon NMR32 black in middle pic
Shoes: Maitreya Slinky Stiletto (free)

On me:
Top: *PBI* the Caravan Shirt
Pants: Schadenfreude Ash Stripe Pants
Skin: Nevermore Studios Hybrid III ($1,000L)
Eyes: Adam and Eve Cocoa eyes
Hair: BP Micky Dango ($100L)
Shoes: SIN Daphne Shoes (BLACK) ($300L)
Jewelry: Schadenfreude Koijini necklace and earrings ($90L)

Some snapshots from the Red Stick International Animation Festival Party where there was great music from DJ Rose Farina and awesome cat cupcakes =)

And because I love the dress I was wearing at the party so much, here is a better picture of it:

Dress: Rosemar Beaded Dress - Purple (RG) ($300L)
Skin: Nevermore Studios Hybrid III ($1,000L)
Eyes: Ashia Designs Dark Grey Eyes (free from Red Stick Hunt)
Hair: BP Micky Dango ($100L)
Shoes: SIN Daphne Shoes (BLACK) ($300L)
Jewelry: Schadenfreude Koijini necklace and earrings ($90L)

We have two sticks hidden in our stores for the Red Stick International Animation Festival Hunt.

The stockings are both tintable so you can make lots of unique colors =)

Sweetness @ Juicy
Sweetness @ Potter
(same gifts at both locations)

Hair: BP* Mickey Dango Hair ($100L
Skin: Nevermore Studios Hybrid III ($1,000L)
Shoes: SIN Daphne Shoes ($300L)
Jewelry: Schadenfreude Koijini necklace and earrings ($90L awesome value - it has a hud so you can make lots of variations!)
Tattoos: *(Sweetness)* Tattoo: Hearts ($10L)

I’ve been hearing such fabulous things about Rosemar and I was really looking forward to a shopping trip there. I am so glad I went- such wonderful clothes and skins; Rosemary is such an amazing designer! And right now (as you’ve probably heard) she has a buy-one-get-one-free sale going on.

Lovely Dresses
This is such a beautiful dress - great detail and I *love* the way the skirt moves. This is my new favorite!

The dress looks especially delightful with Rosemar’s Creampuff Skin (nutmeg, makeup 058).

The Frontrunner Dress has three skirt options (this is the “full” skirt), and lovely details.

The skirt on the Plume (Feather Cocktail Dress) is so adorable!

Beautiful Creampuff Skins

Nutmeg (left: makeup 058, right: makeup 051)

Copperfield (makeup 056) and Whisky (makeup 059)

And there are fantastic skins, dresses, tops, and a pair of boots in the freebie section!

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1st Pic
Dress: Rosemar Beaded Dress - Slate (RG), Skin: Rosemar Creampuff Skin (nutmeg, makeup 058), Hair: [SC HaiR] Georgie - Black, Pose: from Juicy

2nd Pic
Dress: Rosemar Frontrunner Dress - Black (RG), Skin: Rosemar Creampuff Skin (nutmeg, makeup 058), Hair: Maitreya Loelle - Black, Pose: from Juicy

3rd Pic
Dress: Rosemar Plume (Feather Cocktail Dress) - Black (RG) , Skin: Rosemar Creampuff Skin (nutmeg, makeup 058), Hair: Maitreya Loelle - Black, Pose: from Juicy