Snoot Craft

Mike Bartick · Issue 107, Mar/Apr 2019 · pp. 57–62

Products mentioned: Retra snoot, Reefnet Fibre Optics (FO) Snoot, Sea & Sea YS-D1/D2, Sea & Sea YS-01/02/03, Sea & Sea YS-250, Inon S-2000, Inon Z-240, Ikelite DS-160/151, Kraken Hydra 1k torch, Nikon D500, Nikon D7100

It wasn’t too long ago when Keri Wilk swept the competitions with his stunning macro images created with a snoot. At a time when only a handful of people even knew what a snoot was, he produced some show stopping images that were as ahead of the curve then, as they are today. Very few tools can actually add a new layer to your portfolio as effectively as a snoot can, they are relatively inexpensive, hard to break and travel quite easily. Infact, buying a snoot should be thought of along the lines as a lens buy as they will add that much of a new dimension to your portfolio and skills. What is a snoot? a snoot is a device that is used to control strobe flash in an image. Snoots don’t produce light but help to channel the light for dramatic placement and effect. Often times its not whats in the image with snooting, but whats not in the image. In other words, using a snoot also helps to eli…