Continued from Building Light, Construction. It’s SHOWTIME!

Nice, strong, white light, and an unexpected side-benefit; because of the multiple sources of light, the shadows created are somewhat diffused. I had imagined I’d need to create some sort of diffuser for the light, but it works well even by itself. I brought out the camera to see what kind of photos I’d get, and voila! Beautiful stuff at 1/125, f 5.3.

Already, I can see the improvements I’ll make in version 2. I’ll use the screw-type bulb holders the next time, they hold the bulb much more firmly. The plug-in types on Version 1 feel a bit flimsy. But yeah, I’ll test this thing out on Saturday – fingers crossed!

Total cost (excluding parts that didn’t work):

Stand = Kshs. 3,000
Frame = Kshs. 1,500
Board = Kshs. 2,250
Broom Handle = Kshs. 320
Brass Hooks = Kshs. 160
Bulbs = Kshs. 20,680 (Aaaargh!)
Bulb Holders = Kshs. 3,430
Aluminium Foil = Kshs. 140

TOTAL = Kshs. 31,660

Continued from Building Light, Ingredients. The first thing I noticed, this thing is going to be quite huge. The frame and stand together stand more than 2 meters high.

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Continued from Building Light, Part Two. From the sketch I made, these were the parts that I’d need to build this thing:

The Stand
The Board
The Frame
and lots of bulb-holders, bulbs and cables.

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Building bigger, better light – DIY style!

As a result of the whole Afrigadget saga (which, frankly, is overwhelming), a question that has come up plenty of times is: “Did it work?”, and “Do you have photos that were lit by the cardboard lights?”. Here’s a unedited photo I took of Mbithi using the two units I made:

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