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Experimenting with my lifesize kaliedoscope rig
with a few changes i turned the kaliedoscope into a gigantic softbox









Production shots shows beauty dish as main light and kaliedoscope softbox rig with lights 3 lights behind 2 gelled speedlights and one strobe

Wow, that's sensational mate!!!

What's inside, just three sides of plexi mirror?
Mind blowing use of pose and image rotation to keep the viewer guessing what way is up!

Thanks for sharing your amazing skills with us

cheers
Bruce

yes

6 Mylar Perspex sheets

thanks for the appreciation

I love the effect of this set up. Really is a unique look.

Very cool effect and nice to see it being done for real and not in post.

Really enjoyed these, especially the third one... I think the more natural the pose the better the effect...

Wendell, if you had not posted them setup shots I would have had no idea how you did that!

Very nice concept and I am sure we will see some more awesome shots from that rig.

Creative genius.

When you are actually shooting, how close is the beauty dish to the subject?

i set my beauty dish 2 metres away from subject
but in this case its just fill so the dish distance doesn't affect the image looks

Thanks for your quick reply Wendell.

wendellt wrote:i set my beauty dish 2 metres away from subject

So basically at the entrance to the tunnel?

I am struggling to understand the really soft light coming from the front. Is this because the dish is bouncing off all the three persplex walls? I wouldn't have thought the dish would produce this sort of light if you didn't have enough bounce. although I realise it's a large dish and maybe behave like a more concentrated softbox at that distance? thoughts?

Hey Wendell, kinda off topic.. but where would one find such a warehouse space?

i have a piece of nylon on the dish to soften the light more
also the fact that the fill light is bouncing around all 3 sides of the triangle is what makes the light look soft too

photomarcs i borrowed this space from a fashion company usually most of them are in surry hills or alexandria if you do them favours you can negotiate to use their space, i find it better than using a real studio which is expensive

Nice work Wendell! #2 and #3 made me look twice to figure out which was the actual model.

Wendell....

You have evil genius.

Try looking at those pics when you already have double vision from a bit too much Bundy Red

You don't know what is happening

Nice to see that you have been able to reuse this rig Wendell. To good effect also.