On the advice of my semi pro friend (he hates being called a pro) I set out to find a better rubber band to hold my Better Bounce Card so I hit the local hardware shop during lunch and asked them for.. a big rubber band. The store attendant looked at me blankly and told me they don't sell rubber bands. So I said "Anything that is shaped like a band, elastic and strong!"

He showed me a tray containing rubber 'O' rings of various sizes which they use in pipe connections. I picked up one that looked the right size for my flash head, stretched it a bit and... looks good to me!

And that must be the least exciting picture I ever posted on my site.

At night I knew I wanted to make a bounce card out of the foam material Peter was talking about in the video. After going through the other videos on his sit I figured the closest thing I have seen that resembles it would be the foam like material which is used in making rose flowers... or scrap book decorations. So I went to the scrap book shop at the Curve and lo and behold..

There I found a pack of foam sheets just sitting there in the shop. RM19.90 for 12 sheets. You'd think I'd be happy about the find but...

The pack contains a plethora of colors!!! There's only ONE WHITE SHEET!! Damn it!

But it works... the thing is malleable yet more durable than just a sheet of paper and thus can survived being rolled up and down to adjust the forward bounce. For other people looking for this stuff, it's called EVA Foam. I know of another craft shop in 1 Utama's connection bridge, and a paper shop in Mid Valley and I guess I'll hit them up over the weekend to see if I can buy just white sheets instead of a whole pack.

Of course... color filtering is an interesting experiment, and more pieces means I can experiment with some modifications.