BrianI Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Following on from my rather disastrous conversion of IKEA Skubb Laundry Hampers into a photography lightbox: (in the end the fabric started to tear, and the lightbox was rather wibbly wobbly), here is my build log for my MK2! Here is my purchased materials: 6 sheets of A1 foamcore board. 2 sheets of black a1 card, and 2 sheets of white a1 card (for the curved backdrop, plus spare incase it gets creased). 2ft 18W flourescent battens (will replace the tubes with daylight simulation tubes once I get it all wired up and running) Now for lighting the interior I am going to fix the 2ft fluorescent strip lights to the roof of the light box. Hopefully this should give enough light which will reflect off the side walls to give a nice soft light. Unless it would be better to cut a square section out of either end, cover with tissue paper, so that they could be illuminated by diffused light from desk lights? Any other things I should consider? I'm aiming on building the light box to be ~2ft cube in size, as I do like building 1:12 scale cars! It should fit under my modelling desk when not in use, however perhaps I can build it so that it can be dismantled / folded away... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Even though the top lights will be soft I think you'll need two fill lights, from 45* each side low down. I'm drawing my plans for a new light box too, the same size as yours. I have a 18inch fabric cube which I light from above with a daylight LED light but I also need a frontal light to fill shadows etcetera. I'd not use lamps from outside again. They're a pain plus they make the 2ft cube take up 3ft minimum side to side. I'm checking out the possibility of using LEDs on a rope strip; up one side over the top and down other side, towards the front and another towards the rear. If you can, make it so its permanately up, not foldable/dismantable, you'll loose its effectiveness 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianI Posted November 25, 2016 Author Share Posted November 25, 2016 Got the top panel finished! I was originally going to make the top solid, then I thought it'd be handy to be able to take photos from above, so I made a rectangular cutout. What I'm thinking of doing is to cut squares out from either side panel, add some thin fabric (shower curtain material?). That way I can get some diffused fill lights either side by using my two anglepoise task lights which I have mounted either side of my desk. This might be better, as it could be more controllable? Failing that I may "borrow" the led strip lights I added to the spray booth shroud... Hmmm... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Paul Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Great idea... although i wouldn't use shower material for the side cutouts... sheets of tracing paper may be better that way you can add more sheets for a more diffused soft light. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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