There are countless versions of the DIY Light Box, I created mine with a very large box and some banner paper from Walmart. 

You can see the two flashes I’m using resting on the desks on each side of the box.

Here are some test shots:

 

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I work in Hoboken, NJ and I just happened to take a few pictures of this went it was almost over. You can see the tail of the plane in the middle of the photo.

I used my bosses Nikon 990 so I coulndnt get any closer…

I hear that everyone made it out the plane, and thats great news because I remember the last time I was on the roof wasnt so cheery (9/11).

 

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So after creating my own Gel Filters I decided to look for more uses for them. How about “projecting” a texture with a flash to use as a background? its a very simple DIY project and this is what you’ll need:

1. A transparency Sheet
2. A clear page holder
3. A “textured” template
4. Laser Printer

I chose an image of twigs/branches and converted it to B/W

Template: Download it here:

Here’s a gallery of sample shots using the projection sheet along with the DIY Gels

 

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Sometimes you come across photos that have a perfect black background and you wonder how they achieved it, you wonder what they used for a backdrop or if they used photoshop…etc

Its actually very simple to create:

Here’s a diagram of the shot:

I placed Noah in a basket on the corner of the Bed and positioned the flashes opposite of each other with  snoots* to minimize light spill over. 

Now look at the settings used on the camera:
1/60 sec at f / 22 at 35 mm
Dual Flashes set at manual 1/2 power zoomed in and snooted* triggered with eBay remotes.

The reason everything is black id because I’m shooting at f/22 which decrases the amount of light that gets to the sensor, the flashes are the only light sources without them the image would be 100% black.

Read what a snoot is here: Strobist Blog… The master at Lighting

BTW all room lights were ON in the room, they were just overpowered by the flashes.

Cheers!

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