2 Wine box as a substitute for apple box

If I had to choose between an apple box and a wine box… I’ll take the wine !

Apple boxes are enormously useful in a studio, you can use them to sit your subject down, make someone taller, or level-up a C-stand among others, but this precious boxes are expensive. The solution? What about asking that friend-who-works-in-a-restaurant (we all have one) to get you one of those spare wooden wine boxes that otherwise his manager is going to throw away, right ? (Shoutout to my friend Mattia Laurenti)

After a bit of painting it has become a staple on my headshot work, as I use it for the clients to step on them a lean forward in order to engage with the camera.

This solution is not as versatile nor sturdy as an apple box but hey! it’s free !