I Designed and 3D-Printed My Own LED Softbox

I got my first 3D printer recently, but it sits in a dark corner of my room, so I thought I’d design a light for it. Then I realized I could kill two birds with one stone and design it to be useful for photography as well.

Here’s the softbox with an optional hexagonal light modifier:

The hexagonal light modifier blocks the view of the light from off-angle, effectively restricting its beam width.

The 3D-printed casing:

The drive electronics are based around a Mean Well LDD-1500LW DC-DC LED driver.

The components and accessories:

Here’s an example photo I shot using the softbox:

The lighting setup was: key light from the LED softbox, white paper on the opposite side for some fill, and a blue-gelled flash firing on some crumpled aluminium foil for a background.

If you’d like to build this for yourself, I’ve posted the LED softbox model and the build instructions to Thingiverse.