The $500 LED lamps with 4 steps to teach you DIY

A hodgepodge of news photography, when shooting portraits, there are many lamps can help, such as the American brand Westcott (Ice light), the ice looks like inside the film "Star Wars" lightsaber, priced at $500, some of the price limit. This looks very stylish lamps, in fact as long as to get a LED flashlight, also can make the same effect, here to teach you how to DIY homemade ice, let you in the portrait, can play the beautiful light.

means of preparation

The ice looks, like household fluorescent lamp, but usually we do not use fluorescent lamp as the light source, because the fluorescent lamp for non continuous light source, will make the picture color from yellow white or yellow white under the effect. To solve the troubles, you can use for LED light sources. Ice light and easy to carry, is flexible in shooting on the use of apple can be used as light, handheld lighting or light eyes are...... Etc.. Only prepared the following materials, LED flashlight, PVC plastic pipe, PVC connector, do not spend a lot of money to play ice!

Tool:

LED flashlight, PVC white plastic pipe (about 80cm), white PVC joint, plastic belt, saws, scissors, paper, foil.

Production method

Step1

The first measurement of the length of the LED flashlight, cut half of PVC plastic pipe, let the torch can be put in, will be available at the edge of sandpaper polished.

Step2

Then the plastic belt will fix the LED flashlight.

Step3

Cutting the PVC connector, draw 4 pieces, make joint can cover PVC plastic pipe, and then the PVC connector into the foil inside, so it can reflect light.

Step4

After the completion of the ice in the combination, you can use! If the wall is too smooth to meet PVC, according to the POCOer recommendations for poor, white texture of the material in the tube, pipe material and covered with white to light, such as thin cloth or paper, can be turned into diffuse light light, make the light more uniform and soft.

Shooting

LED probably takes a flashlight hundred pieces, plus a few PVC plastic pipe, do not spend a lot of money can also be homemade lamps.

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