Lonely Planet

I used laminated foamcore for the box structure. The inside walls are laminated white which gives off a really smooth bounce.

The four sides were taped together with clear packing tape which is holding very well. I taped every seam from the inside and the outside. Some suggest hot glue, but that seems like it would take too long. Black duct tape would have been great as well.

The trickiest part was the back. I had to think up a way to attach it to my speedring (I did already have a speedring for my X-Small Photoflex Silverdome softbox). The speedring has the typical holes drilled for softboxes to connect. I simply cut the back hole out in the pattern of a tic-tac-toe board and folded the tabs up. Next, I used the shafts of two ball point pens to connect the box to the speedring.

Here are photos of the box and the connection (the stop sign on the back is something that was printed on the board I used - haha).

I've added the baffle for diffusion, I decided to use elastic instead of velcro because it was cheaper. I simply cut a rectangle slightly larger than the outer box opening and sewed elastic around the edge. The baffle slips over the opening easily. I haven't noticed any hotspots yet - if I do, I will add an inner baffle.

For a more professional look, I spray painted the whole box black on the outside.

Here are a couple of photos taken using this box:

Source: StudioLighting.net | March 1st, 2005 | |  

如今市面上有一种章鱼三脚架，很是实用，但是其不菲的价格却又让我有些犹豫。更何况三条腿放一起也挺占地方的。所以干脆自己动手来仿制一个具有同样功能的铁丝三脚架吧！

准备铁丝和螺丝

用黑胶带缠好

铁丝弯成钩

将铁丝与螺丝粘好

缠结实

完成图

特写看一下