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Not my idea, but I can't link to the original because I can't find it now.
Took 25m of black duct tape, small piece of cardboard, scissors and ~3h of my life.
Results here: www.flickr.com/photos/adamdpl/5643993493
Minolta Maxxum 28-135mm f4.0-4.5
ambient light as rim (back lit)
1st Minolta 5600 HS (D) medium softbox camera right ;
triggered by Phottix Odin
I made a homemade softbox for my SB-800 using some cardboard, tinfoil, paper and duct tape.
Dallas, my most-photographed subject, was nice enough to help me test it out.
Pic taken into a homemade softbox. Just one speedlight outside on the right. 1/64 power.
All settings manual.
Foto tomada en una softbox casera. Flash Yongnuo exterior derecha a 1/64 de potencia.
Todos los ajustes manuales.
Wind Blown Hair Behind The Scenes
Strobist Info:
Alienbees B800 with Medium Softbox and Grid on Back Left. Another B800 with softbox/grid on right at a 45 degree angle. Alienbees B800 behind her, no softbox, just a 30 degree grid on bulb facing the back of the head. Canon 580ex II with white shoot through umbrella on fron left, another 580ex II with white shoot through umbrella on front right. Triggered with RadioPoppers JrX. Fans on left and bottom.
Model: Shanda Decker.
For years, I have used umbrellas and softboxes for shooting portraits, still lifes, and macro photography. When I am shooting in the studio, I prefer to use softboxes because they are easier for me to control the spill light.
When I am shooting in the field and need a large diffuse light source, I tend to use umbrellas more because they are easier to transport and faster to assemble. However, if it is a windy day, I prefer to use the softbox because it does not sail like a kit on windy days.
My largest umbrella has a 40-inch diameter. My largest softboxes have a 14-inch diameter. In general, I prefer umbrellas to softboxes because umbrellas are more cost effective. A 40-inch umbrella cost much less than a 40-inch softbox. Also, I find umbrellas more versatile. When I am shooting video, it is easier for me to use a continuous light source with an umbrella than a softbox.
All my umbrellas were made of a reflective material. I could only obtain diffuse lighting by bouncing the light off the inside of the umbrella. I recently purchased a 30-inch shoot through umbrella made of a translucent material. I can now obtain diffuse lighting by either bouncing the light off the inside of the umbrella or by shooting through the translucent umbrella. When I shoot through the translucent material, the results are like shooting with a large 30-inch softbox. The only differences are the lower cost and not being able to control the spill light.
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Lumix. Why fight the wind with an umbrella or oversized softbox/brolly if you don't have to?
I build a softBox...and I use it :).
I follow this steps, but i use a normal light annnndddd i don't use a regular swith, a use a Dimmer Switch, so i can regulate the light ^^.
Hice la SoftBox basándome en los pasos que hay en ésta página...no es necesario saber inglés, las fotos lo dicen todo. Sin embargo usé un bombillo común y corriente, de esos de 100W y en lugar de usar un switch de encender/apagar, preferí usar uno tipo Dimmer, que puede ser más costoso, pero nos permite regular la intensidad de la luz. Pero cuidado, las luces ahorradoras de energía (esas blancas como fluorecentes) no son compatibles con los Dimmer y se pueden estropear.
Costos:
Roseta (base para enroscar el bombillo): U$ 0.4
Bombillo: U$ 0.5
Switch dimmer: U$ 5.5
Luz blanca ahorradora de energía que prefería al final no usar: U$ 4
Total: U$ 10.4
Sometimes a folded piece of A3 paper just doesn't cut it, so I decided to make a sturdier "softbox". It was pretty easy to make, 4 pieces of card with foil on the inside taped together and a few layers of tissue paper taped to the front. Its held onto the flash (not very securely) by a rubber band. I scored along the middle of two opposite sides so that it folds down quite small. The front is about the size of an A4 sheet.
Strobist data:
Radio controlled SB-25 with 1/4 CTO gell in a soft box camera left.
Model Charlie McInally
Here is more test shots with my softbox on my Oakley Juliet Sunglasses.
I shot this in my homemade softbox with a SB600 on camera right.
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Testing new Softboxes.
set up cost:
2 light stands each HK$ 150
2 softboxes for flash each HK$ 250
1 tripod with ball head HK$ 600
plus triggers which i already had
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + Sigma 85 f/1.4
Light: 580EX II through flash softbox diffuser (triggered by Yongnuo RF603)
I was out yesterday shooting a Portrait of a friend. She needed some picture fast, so she called me up and asked if I was able to come by and help her out. She wanted to get an open and friendly headshot on white, so I knew I had to set up at least 3 flashes. The Mainlight, a fill and the background light. This was - literally - the the first frame I shot and was just supposed to be a light test to see if my main was ok. Looking at the Images afterwards I found myself going back to this one... it is just simple, clean but at the same time got some real warmth ot it.
Also I wish I had a nice big white wall here at my house. It makes things so much easier.
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70mm - f8 - 1/250 - ISO 100
Strobist Info:
SB-80dx (diffusor - 1/2) into 28" Westcott Apollo Softbox as mainlight from above, flash tiggered via PocketWizard Plus II
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Old dude found a caveman tool. Homemade soft box camera right high up 1/4 pwr and sb800 behind rock with hole in it on full pwr zoomed to 80mm f11 at 125.
Shot with key light on light stand shooting through small softbox. Key was a 580EXII on a FlexTT5, MiniTT1 was on the camera.
Un flash rebotado en una fondo blanco. Banderas negras en los laterales y dos reflectores blancos rectangulares a ambos lados en parte delantera. Producto apoyado en un espejo.
Model: The Chainmail Chick: www.facebook.com/TheChainmailChick
Lighting: Blue gelled 430 EX IIs Through Fotodio 8"x12" softboxes flagged with gaffing tap and construction paper, at 11 and 1 o'clock.
Boomed Lumopro LP 160 through a Honl Traveller 8 softbox, with the bottom 1/3 blocked off with black construction paper, between 6 and 7 o'clock, and above model, shooting down.
Exposure was balanced to bring in the Christmas lights - and the camera was on a tripod due to the low shutter speeds required.
Nachdem es jetzt zu dem Blitz auch eine Softbox gibt, musste die natürlich auch getestet werden :) Dieses kleine Blümchen steht bei uns in der Wohnung, wir müssen aber noch herausfinden, wie es heißt :D Beleuchtet habe ich die Blume links von hinten oben mit der neuen Softbox auf dem neuen Yongnuo Blitz und von rechts vorne mit dem Canon Blitz aus der Hand mit einer selbst gebastelten Mini-Softbox, die ich großteils nach einer Anleitung, die ich im Internet gefunden habe, gebastelt habe. Da nichts anderes verfügbar war, habe ich als Diffusor ein einfaches Kopierpapier genommen. Da der Canon Blitz ja in der Leistung nicht verstellbar ist und nur als Aufheller von vorne dienen sollte, war das aber ganz gut so :)
Leider sitzt der Fokus etwas weiter hinten, als ich ihn haben wollte, ich hätte mit dem verwendeten 36mm Zwischenring auch noch Spielraum gehabt, um näher zu fokusieren, habe es aber leider auf der Kamera nicht gesehen. Nachdem ich die Bilder trotzdem ganz gelungen finde, zeig ich sie euch hier trotzdem.
I don't know. I'm searching for inspiration. Trying everything I have in my bag...literally...lenses, strobes, soft boxes and filters. This past weekend I forced myself to shoot with the Lensbaby. The results...meh. Then I decided on some strobist selfies, the results...I'm undecided. I'm just experimenting I suppose. Lost in a fog of thoughts. People (in general) have been pissing me off lately...big time. So here we are with a summary shot of whats been going down.
Photography is my therapy, without it I'd be lost. It calms me down and re-focuses myself.
Next will be some ND100 filter shots I guess....Slow things down a bit.
Meh, Strobist info I suppose:
-Vivitar 285hv Camera right at 1/16h power through Strobies softbox.
-Cowboy studios cheap ass wireless kit