Newly Constructed Light Box

[Detrimental]

Hello all, I just finished rebuilding my light box but this time instead of flimsy craft wood pieces that snap if your not careful I went with 3/4 inch PVC pipe. I just wanted to share my results and semi-cheezy design:

http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/3425/boxanglebm4.jpg

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/6927/dragonkv7.jpg

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/4539/snowladyds6.jpg

Edited and left the two best from the quick shoot I did with it.

Comments and thoughts welcome...

[gtrmike]

Those are some great results you got there. I esp like the dragon and snowman? What lense where you shooting with and how did you light up your subjects?

[Detrimental]

I shot these with the Canon 24-70mm, I lit the box with my 580 EX shot at an angle onto the top of the box.

[tdaugharty]

Great job!

[wilflee]

What material did you use for the white diffusion panel?

[Detrimental]

Just plain posterboard paper from a craft store, works great.

[Stump]

The two shots are missing?

[jcw122]

damn, the PVC pipe was an excellent idea, so much better than the crappy thick cardboard stuff I used.

[memorex88]

So.... when are you going to start selling them? Great job!

[Detrimental]

So.... when are you going to start selling them? Great job!

No point in selling them, you can make it yourself on the cheap to fit your needs. Just go to Home Depot/Lowes or similar store, buy a similar size of PVC pipe and fittings along with PVC glue and then make a box, glue joints and fix posterboard to the sides. I also had 4 screws drilled into the inside to affix the paper but any method of affixing it will work decently, this one just allows me to easily insert other color papers. It is really quite simple and works well. You can make the box as big as you want so long as you can find paper big enough to fit inside of it.

I believe there is an in depth tutorial on how to make something just like this out there on PBASE or something if you need exacts and can't just wing it.

[Nitrogen]

For those that are interested...

Tinker Tubes
Personal Lighting Systems
by Dean Collins
Light weight modular diffusion lighting systems you can build yourself from everyday materials. This book shows how to build an Adjustable Light Box and a variety of Light Panels and Light Houses.

www.software-cinema.com/page/tinkertubes

Regards

[Nitrogen]

Oh forgot, thats a free download too!

[memorex88]

Thanks! :D

[Stump]

What type of lights did you use to light this?

[Detrimental]

580 EX, I stated the basic setup in an above post.

[Stump]

Sorry, I see that. Thanks for the reply though.