For those who have spent thousands of dollars on cameras and lenses, and forgot to save anything for the lighting equipments, Riaz Missaghi has written a nice article on creating an affordable soft box. What you’ll need to have is cardboard box, tin foil, tape, knife, wireless flash kit.
“I’m in love with the quality of soft light i and the sharpness that it allows. I put a handle on the top of the box (cut a hole in it, and basically strapped the flash to the hole in the back.”
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