Reply #46 - June 20, 2008, 06:56:24 PM
As promised pics of my DIY softbox. More of a striplight really. Not as good as the real thing, but I had fun making it one rainy afternoon. Heat is a real problem on this thing. It fries whoever is in front of it for too long, and I kept worrying about it setting itself on fire. But it did work.
The lights are two 500w lights on a stand that came with it. I did move the light on the srand so that they were on the same side. The box is made from a large cardboard box that I cut and taped and "engineered" to fit. Covered the inside surfaces with aluminum foil and used a roll of plain white paper on the front. I did make a little wedge shaped reflector between the lights to even out the light on the front screen.
Not made for packing up and travelling
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