Google for "brolly box", Larry. They sell 'em, so yes the idea is sound. Fer example ...
http://www.cowboystudio.com/category_s/244.htm But be sure and check out what Fotodiox sells in the way of inexpensive softboxes first. Go to amazon.com, search for "fotodiox softbox lightning" and you'll find, among other stuff, a 24"x36" softbox with speedring for White Lightning for $29 US. On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 6:13 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've got a couple of shoot through umbrellas that work pretty well, with the > minor issue that since they bounce a lot of light back the way it came, they > work almost more like light grenades, throwing photons indiscriminately in > every direction. > > I just realized that with the clamps on my white lightning, I could cut a > hole in some posterboard to mount it on the flash, run the shaft of the > umbrella through it, and end up with a light source that is fairly diffuse > and pretty much only shoots light forward. I'd rather have a big softbox, > but that would cost $50 or $100, and a sheet of posterboard is closer to $5. > Less, if I use one of the beat up pieces that I bought for backdrops a few > years ago. > > I'm curious whether anyone has tried something like this, and if so, how well > it works, or rather what it works well, or poorly, for. > > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
