brilliant....or crazy....or both....but i like it! :cool:

[martolod]

 

http://strobist.blogspot.com/2006/05/straddling-line-between-genius-and.html

and the cocktail glass  version

http://www.strobella.com/

[radiophoto]

The strobella looks like a better way of lighting.  The umbrella-hat looks as if a shadow of the photographer's head would be in every shot.

[wfournier]

I think the strobella is cool, but only really useful for close up stuff because the light source still isn't THAT big.