What kind of photos can you get out of a composition board boxful wrapped in some paper ? You ’d be amazed . For this calendar week ’s Shooting Challenge , we postulate you to scrap togetheryour own cheap lightbox . The results were fantastic .
Shooting Challenge : $ 20 Lightbox
WINNER: Headless
I built the lightbox on Saturday . I dissipate a bunch of very pedestrian thing . On Sunday , I started by cleaning the house and waiting for inspiration to strike . As I was set my married woman ’s pelage over a chair in the living room , I knocked over a statue behind the chairperson . It broke . It was my wife who advise I shoot it in the light box . I shot the two piece in the lightbox with both the head and the statue in focussing in separate shots . I go on to take and edit more , fine jibe , but my wife win over me to return to the shot of the statue and head with the head in focus . The crack is dark and funny , and my wife should get the credit for it . Lightboxes are not for me . Thanks Honey ! 50 mm , f/2.5 , 1/320 sec , ISO 100
– Rob Huber
Coyote
– Omar Chapa
Duck Duck Goose
My husband built me a light corner and still have five minute to spare to go to our friend ’s mansion to watch the game ! He ’d done his chore and leave me to do mine . I found the bright part of our sign of the zodiac . I used natural lighting from a window and a home made reflector to illuminate the light box on all three sides . I tried out all form of things in the loge … from black piggies to whisky flasks but in the end take a goose ’s egg which is quite unsubdivided but I intend efficacious . Used my Canon T2i and the macro lens .
– Georgina Lawrence
Smoke & Fire
When we affect into our office we installed a blanched cyc stage for our use and for use by friends and client . I have n’t had much chance to actually practice the stage myself and was await for a good Shooting Challenge to put forward to ; this seemed to be the perfect match . 5DMark III . Canon 24 - 70 f2.8L , ISO 1250 , 1/160 . f10
– Jon Michael Kondrath
Clean Doggie
I built my light - box with a 20’x20′ moving box seat and a exhibitor lining . Canon T2i , 55 millimetre , f/2.8
– Diego Jimenez
Big Daddy
I shot this Bioshock “ Big dada ” because I love the intent and feel of these guys in the Bioshock franchise . They are so huge and heavy look but also have that kind heart mush inside that metallic element consistency for their “ little baby ” . This was a neat item to add to my collection of toys and action figures , and every time I see it on my desk I smile cognize I have a Big pop guard my calculator . Canon 7D , Canon EF 28 – 135 mm , ISO 200
– Mike Gallardo
Red Elephant
I used a cardboard box , white sheet , and 2 desk lamps , and off camera heartbeat . Canon T3i , Sigma 50 mm f1.4 EX DG HSM . Shot at f/4 , 1/60 , ISO 400 .
– Michael Standridge
Cellphone + Lightbox
To be fair I came home late Friday nighttime to see my lady friend had retrace her light box seat during the day , and leave it apparatus before leave alone to rest the weekend at her mother . apropos she also shoot our tv camera , so these were shot with my Evo headphone ’s tv camera . I call back the images seem decent though so wanted to submit !
– Preston Broussard
Bobble Spidey
I ’m a huge laughable book buff and have several Spider - man natural action figures around house . Including this bobble - head Spidey that I got from my girlfriend . I thought it might look neat to pose him under some decent light with the lightbox . I had to take a brace of shot with the same camera options just to verify his chief was n’t moving during the shots . One fragile tabular array hump and I ’d have to wait and start all over again . Canon 550d , Sigma 50 mm 1.4 , ISO 100 . F 2.8 , 1/40
– David Rusho
Rubber Band Ball
After hearing about this contest from a friend , I drop dead down to my dorm room ’s recycling room and liberated a composition board box . building of the box was a group effort , and the rubber stripe ball was on a admirer desk . Shot with a Sony Alpha 33 ( SLT - A33 ) using a 50 mm F1.8 lens ( DT 50 mm F1.8 SAM )
ISO 400 1/160 second at ƒ/1.8 50 mm
– Kyle Trusler
( Click the photo to see it without a harvest . )
Granted , not everyone used a homemade rig this week ( which was fine — that was wholly allowed in the rule ) . But I ’m forever surprised by the quality of jury rigged photo props . luck are , if there ’s a professional effect you ’ve always wanted to try but thought you could n’t afford , there ’s somebody who has already built the affair from bent coating hangers and a few bargain bin light bulbs . See the full gallery below and the big shots onflickr .
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