Home-made lightbox, what you think?

[Aszental]

Well i followed a DIY lightbox, basically just got a cardboard box, cut out each side and put tracing paper over them.

Lit by 2 500w halogen globes (wow they get hot!)

here's the results.



what do u think can be improved?

thanks!

[whitey]

Looks good to me, can we get a shot of the lightbox setup as well

[Aszental]

excuse the image quality... from my mobile!

[sheepie]

Not bad - but I'd be extremely concerned about the fire hazard. Tracing paper will catch light pretty easy, and as you say the lights get very hot!

[whitey]

excuse the image quality... from my mobile!

Thanks for that, really is surprisingly simple.

[SteveB]

Vary effective, especially for the price! I would definately move those lights back a bit though.

[Killakoala]

That's cool. But surely 500w x 2 is a lot of energy for what you are doing?

[garyr]

I found with my lightbox that it made a lot of difference if I have a more evenly spread light. From your lightbox you have two very strong light sources from opposite ends and it creates some unwanted shadow. Perhaps have alook at using more light sources and spread them around your box more to even the lighting - the fluorescent daylight globes in cheap desk-clamp lights work okay. But for the amount of money and effort you put into that box I think you did really well.

Cheers
Gary

[zafra52]

I think the concept is brilliant, but know you should look at ways of minimising the heat and fire risks for your own sake and those around you. This is another example of "necessity is the mother of inventions"

[ATJ]

You could replace the halogen bulbs with flashes. It would reduce the danger of fire, reduce the heat and make white balance a bit easier. A good excuse to buy some more flashes.