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US 10,310,359 B2Granted
Retractable lighting box for photography
OwnerMichael Desmondinventor
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Abstract
A lighting box for photography comprising paneling held in place via a frame that can by quickly assembled and broken down from a small, lightweight carrying case. The lighting box is configured to generate studio-type lighting in a portable configuration via use of natural sunlight.
Claims19
A lighting box for photography, comprising:
- a canopy configured for releasably attaching a one or more fabric panels;
- and
- a frame configured to hold the canopy in an elevated position;
- wherein the frame comprises a releasably collapsible top frame member that has a rectangular shape when in an expanded configuration;
- the top frame member configured to suspend the canopy in an elevated orientation above the ground such that the one or more fabric panels drape down from the canopy when attached to the canopy to form a rectangular lighting box;
- the frame further comprising a plurality of telescoping beams configured to elevate the top frame member a specified distance from the ground.
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A method of modifying lighting on subject to be photographed, the method comprising:
- elevating a canopy over a shooting region to be occupied by the subject;
- the canopy being disposed on frame configured to be expanded from a collapsed state;
- attaching one or more fabric side panels to drape from the canopy;
- and
- forming a rectangular lighting box at said shooting region, said lighting box providing a specified lighting configuration from one or more of transmission, reflectance, or diffusion of natural light from the one or more fabric side panels and canopy.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.