Re: Home Made Softbox
This may be too much to ask but I'd love to see an underexposed image showing the box firing. I have had trouble with home made diffusers not really spreading evenly when there is one light in the middle and wonder if this tall contraption is really lighting over any percentage of its height or if 90% of the light comes out the middle foot of the box nearest the tube. Certainly pointing the light backwards would help but it would be something to test if this is practically any different than a unit half the height. I guess it would depend on how think the front cloth is and (again I suppose) it might help if it were double thick in the middle. Of course the best answer might be to have mounted two tubes (one part way down from the top and one up from the bottom).
That leaves the question whether a tall, even light would be better than a smaller box or one not so even. For full lengths it would seem it would but I can't say the sample portrait you posted would be different without trying it to see. I rarely shot people with contraptions I built but would love to see it this might have an effect on what you are not liking about the sample.
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