Soft Box

[rhncue]

Hello All,
I need to build a soft box to take pictures of custom pool cues. It will be about 6x6x32". Ill cover in some sort of white material but I need to come up with some lighting. Im afraid to use bright lights as I dont want a fire so they need to be strobes. 2 or 3 should do it for even lighting I believe but I could use suggestions on this. Also, what would be a good cheap model of lights to use for this purpose. I am using a D-50 and I have a number of lenses. I don't need expensive lighting as this is all they will be used for.

Thanks in advance,
Dick

 

[Rob]

Sounds like your best bet is a couple of cheap studio strobes with either shoot-through brollies or soft boxes. You can probably check out AlienBees or similar. If your budget doesn't stretch to that, a white sheet and some 1500W work lights will do it (but not as well).

Rob

 

[ksmattfish]

Vivitar 285HV flashes are decent, easy to use, inexpensive flashes. I think they are around $75 new.