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Casting Shadows    says:

30 minutes or less!

This is a fun bit of creativity I had last night. I looked down at an empty case of beer with its bottle divider and the light bulb went off above my head... actually it was a flash.

This is my make at a 'French Window' style light mod. The reason I say French window is because it reminds me of French doors having all those panels in them.

First I cut a hole in the bottom of the box.



Reading Premium Beer, from Reading, PA





I needed some sort of a diffuser to broaden the spread of the light so that all of the panes were covered almost equally. For this I glued/taped some tissue paper about 4 inches from the bottom of the box.





Next I taped the flaps of the top of the box together to lengthen the GOBO. Handy gaffers tape always works.



This is the divider that keeps the beer bottles in place when they are in the box.



Ok, then I place the divider at the edge of the box as far out as it will go and not fall out. This is to give the light a more difined 'window pane' look. You know why that is from the Strobist lessons.



This light mod only took about 30 minutes including the time to take quick snap shots of it. Very easy to do if you need that 'window' look for a portrait. This one looks best as a full body portrait on a large surface but I am sure someone will be able to make one that works well for just head shots.





Have fun!

-Eric
Originally posted at 6:26AM, 1 August 2007 PDT (permalink)
Casting Shadows edited this topic 59 months ago.