The flash cradle is simply a platform with a yoke-shaped upright cut to the contours of the flash head. I drilled a pipe-sized hole
through a piece of 2 x 2 scrap, then cut one end of it at 45° and glued and screwed it onto the bottom of the cradle platform.
My Olympus FL-50 doesn't have a PC outlet (which would have allowed me to use a PC cord to connect the hair light to the camera),
so I had to rely on a remote trigger. No big deal -- I just had to design the flash cradle to accommodate it. An appropriate-size block
of wood positions the flash at the proper angle to point downward when the boom is at approximately a 45° angle.
Additional minor adjustments can be done with the flash head itself.
The pipe fits snugly enough into the cradle hole that I can position the flash to fire downward and slightly toward
(or away) from the camera. I haven't yet, but probably will, include a wingbolt on the cradle to secure such settings.
Finally, an elegant strip of velcro holds the flash head in place, lest it decides it wants to drop onto the model's head.
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