PietvWdV Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 Hi Guys! I recently was invited by a dear ****** of a mate to please start taking some better photos One important step is to build an environment where you can control the light, background, etc. If you life overseas and you are bazillionare, this means buying a soft-box, some studio-lights and an undewear-less French hoar to dust it for you. But I live in Africa and I don't speak French. So we collect all old off-cut pieces of wood, some garden variety light fittings and a bit of glue and screwing, and voilà! Here it is at the stage of testing the fittings. Those light bulbs will be replaced with spots and daylights tomorrow. You can see there are 4 fittings on each side. Turning off an individual light will be a simple turn of the bulb away. Also see the "feet" pillars of the base, which will be used to lift the platform a bit, allowing light to approach from below as well, and enables upward angled shots. I deliberately chose white sideboards for their reflective properties. Tomorrow we will go get some material "curtains" for diffusion. (Thank you John Reid for letting me poke a bit of fun at your topic on Dioramas "in the works" ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PietvWdV Posted March 8, 2006 Author Share Posted March 8, 2006 Here I have added the raised base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PietvWdV Posted March 8, 2006 Author Share Posted March 8, 2006 Now I added a section of bent cardboard as a permanent base for backgrounds. It is still wet where I shaped it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PietvWdV Posted March 8, 2006 Author Share Posted March 8, 2006 Here is a picture for scale. This 1/32 109 has plenty of space. Might even fit some jets in there someday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PietvWdV Posted March 8, 2006 Author Share Posted March 8, 2006 Here is an example of a specific background. At this stage the cardboard base has dried and been taped down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LSP_Jay L Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 Now that is a photobox! Made with typical SA aplomb! Cheers mate, Jay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PietvWdV Posted March 8, 2006 Author Share Posted March 8, 2006 So tomorrow we will be fitting the light bulbs, and installing the "soft box" curtains . In the meantime I could not resist, and took one quick pic ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LSP_Jay L Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 You will need some diffusion for your lights as well Piet. That will help get rid of the glare and the hard shadows that are visible in that picture. Cheers mate, Jay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PietvWdV Posted March 8, 2006 Author Share Posted March 8, 2006 You will need some diffusion for your lights as well Piet. That will help get rid of the glare and the hard shadows that are visible in that picture. Cheers mate, Jay So tomorrow we will be fitting the light bulbs, and installing the "soft box" curtains Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Pratt Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 Now you two play nice.Piet,very cool picture box...cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LSP_Jay L Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 You will need some diffusion for your lights as well Piet. That will help get rid of the glare and the hard shadows that are visible in that picture. Cheers mate, Jay So tomorrow we will be fitting the light bulbs, and installing the "soft box" curtains Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PietvWdV Posted March 8, 2006 Author Share Posted March 8, 2006 Now you two play nice.Piet,very cool picture box...cheers Thats no problem, we're good mates. A bit of rib-poking is allowed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 Great work Piet... I am always amazed at the ingenuity of our SA cousins.... that is the coolest thing! I always wondered where all this great modelling porn gets filmed...now I know!! Cheers Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coolie Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 Ahh Piet, very nice box mate...that sounds a bit wrong heehee now all you need is a skantily dressed model to drape across that 109 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Pratt Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 Oh hell Piet I knew that.I was trying to make a joke but once again f...ed it up.Damn.I was almost funny... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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