Light it up from below

I’m always looking for new and interesting ways to light a subject, and one of the best places to pick up inspiration when it comes to lighting with strobes is from Strobist blogger David Hobby. Apparently, DIYPhotography thinks so too, and they’ve built a cool new tool for our strobes to play in.

What they’ve done is create this clever little light box that allows you to fire a strobe from underneath a subject (in this case, a bottle of beer… mmm, thirsty).

The top of the box is open, with a piece of clear plexiglass overtop of it, where the beer bottle sits. The best part of this effect is not only that it lights up the contents really well, but the reflections in the plexiglass as well.

Read the article here and part two here.