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HB, I decided to put my money where my mouth is, and went to the dollar store today, bought some foamcore (or foam board as they called it in the dollar store), and built a softbox (that's what they call them in a studio)!  The opening is 20" square, and covered with a white garbage bag that was large enough to have both sides between the car and the light.  My light here in Vancouver is an old led light for video's that I never used for video's.

Here is a slightly closer look at it...

...and you can see, off to the side, a small styrofoam reflector to bounce light into the front of the car.  The foamcore cost me $4.00 CDN, and I used packing tape to assemble it!  It might be a little heavy for a desk lamp, but halogen construction lamps are really cheap these days because everyone has gone to led's....and they usually come with their own stand!  Give it a try, you will be surprised by the results!