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Catchlights: a number 5 shaped softbox » Urban Bridesmaid Blog — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:23:29 +0000

[...] eye. This post by Bert Stephani on his Confessions of a Photographer blog shows you how to make a number 5 shaped softbox, but you could adapt it to any shape you could cut out of a cereal box. —- Urban Bridesmaid [...]

By: Govind Vekaria

Govind Vekaria — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:54:13 +0000

Ah, a great idea !!

By: Mike James

Mike James — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 22:53:51 +0000

That’s the first time I’ve seen anyone do that. Very inspired. It’s great to see something I haven’t seen before. Great job!

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:57:22 +0000

Very very cool idea!!

By: Kim Guanzon

Kim Guanzon — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:21:08 +0000

man… you never cease to amaze with your creativity and skill. Keep up the good lighitng work!

PS. You are an awesome dad to your kids

By: Bert Stephani

Bert Stephani — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 23:34:06 +0000

thanks

@fendrri: that sentence is more important than all the photography knowledge.

By: fendrri

fendrri — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 13:48:07 +0000

Man, I really love the last sentence in your post. Awesome stuff.

By: claudio

claudio — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 15:20:00 +0000

these pictures are very touching. kobe is a lucky son. thank you for sharing your precious tips.

By: Matteo Cervo

Matteo Cervo — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 13:35:07 +0000

Hi Bert,
I discovered your blog casually and I spent an hour and half to read all you posted, watching your videos and view your photos. I like very much your style and the way you use to explain how you work. In particular, all the tricks you share about the flash are very usefull. Thank you and all my best compliments. I’ll follow soon!
Teo.

By: Bert Stephani

Bert Stephani — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:00:47 +0000

Thanks for the many comments

@Sergei: it took me around 10 minutes to make the box and take the pics, but I might have been just lucky. The box is about 40 x 30cm.

@Paul: I should try that technique out too. Very interesting.

@Angela: I think it’s good to photograph everything. Pro’s too should step out of their comfortzone from time to time. But when you want to make money with photography it might be better to really specialize. That doesn’t mean you should stay in the same field forever but it’s hard to get your name out in several area’s of photography at the same time. Be creative, be knowledgeable and work hard and you’ll get there!