Self Portrait.....w home made soft box thingy...

[cminus]

Sure....it was just a large USPS PRiority Mail box, available for free in the lobby at any post office. Grab a "Large" size and a "Slim Box" w the adhesive strip on it... I opened he box (it is white on the outside) and retaped it so the white was INSIDE....

Mounted on Tripod ... looks pretty legit lol

softbox by cminusphotos, on Flickr

Flap

Velcro mounting flap by cminusphotos, on Flickr

Attached (could def do better here, but I didnt measure at ALL lol...

Attached by cminusphotos, on Flickr

My Ikea lamp broke, it is now a makeshift tripod!

Sweet mounting bracket on broken ikea lamp by cminusphotos, on Flickr

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[cminus]

also waanted to mention i left the hold larger because i just got a rosco gel swatch pack free at a local theatre supply store and will use a clear id badge holder to hold the gel on the flash..... in and out of the box...i dont see it lasting longer than a few months, but free i can just make another!

[GregB]

Your DIY softbox has worked very well, your eyes have come up nicely! One suggestion if I may - a reflector
on the opposite side to the light would fill in the shadows just a little bit. Worth a try anyway. And by reflector,
I mean a white panel or bed sheet or large piece of paper or even a light coloured wall.

[cminus]

I'm going to try a large whitte posterboard, I thought the same thing as well!

[Jeremy Z]

I like the lighting.

I would try this again, but vertical, as there doesn't seem to be a point to all that space at the left.

Lose the watermarks.

Clean up your facial hair. Either trim it better, or shave.

This is A great start.

[cminus]

Thanks, I was just kinda trying the lighting but I will trim up lawl