A cheap Light Box
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A cheap Light Box
Hey everyone,
This week is the last week of break before I head back to college, so in my spare time I've been researching how to make a homemade light box. It's cheap, yeah, but so far it appears to be doing its job. It's a little flimsy though, so I'll be adjusting it as time goes on.
My materials used were:
-Box
-Box cutter
-Tape
-Lights
-Wax Paper
-Poster board
First, I got my box:
I then cut out three of the sides:
Added the poster board:
Covered the sides with wax paper:
Added some lights:
And snapped a couple pictures:
It's cheap, but then again it's a college kid budget. Should work just fine, and I'll probably have to build bigger ones for my bigger trees.
Comments are more than welcome.
Ryan
This week is the last week of break before I head back to college, so in my spare time I've been researching how to make a homemade light box. It's cheap, yeah, but so far it appears to be doing its job. It's a little flimsy though, so I'll be adjusting it as time goes on.
My materials used were:
-Box
-Box cutter
-Tape
-Lights
-Wax Paper
-Poster board
First, I got my box:
I then cut out three of the sides:
Added the poster board:
Covered the sides with wax paper:
Added some lights:
And snapped a couple pictures:
It's cheap, but then again it's a college kid budget. Should work just fine, and I'll probably have to build bigger ones for my bigger trees.
Comments are more than welcome.
Ryan
Ryan- Member
Re: A cheap Light Box
Hi Ryan,
Did you make this so you can take photos of your trees?
Todd
Did you make this so you can take photos of your trees?
Todd
Todd Ellis- Member
Re: A cheap Light Box
Todd Ellis wrote:Hi Ryan,
Did you make this so you can take photos of your trees?
Todd
I plan on it, but I'll have to make a bigger one so that I can fit my trees in it.
Ryan- Member
Re: A cheap Light Box
Does anyone think black would make a better backdrop? Or would that be a bad idea, and eliminate the idea of "depth?"
Ryan- Member
Re: A cheap Light Box
Black doesn't seem to work to well fella, I made on out of an old wall paper pasting table, Just flipped the hinges over then added a light blue bed sheet as a back drop.
P1070004 by mikeybonsai, on Flickr
In Pot by mikeybonsai, on Flickr
You need to get some more light into it to fella, maybe try some tin foil ( aluminium cooking foil ) on the sides instead, also maybe try some clear bulbs and not the pearl ( opaque ) ones
P1070004 by mikeybonsai, on Flickr
In Pot by mikeybonsai, on Flickr
You need to get some more light into it to fella, maybe try some tin foil ( aluminium cooking foil ) on the sides instead, also maybe try some clear bulbs and not the pearl ( opaque ) ones
Sabi- Member
Re: A cheap Light Box
Hello Ryan,Ryan wrote:Does anyone think black would make a better backdrop? Or would that be a bad idea, and eliminate the idea of "depth?"
I like your lightbox.
A black backdrop is nice but the spatial shape of an object will need more light work (Lights and reflecting sheets)
to obtain some interesting depth or some dramatic lighting which should not be overdone.
Sunip
sunip- Member
Re: A cheap Light Box
Thanks for sharing Ryan. You inspire me to get some better quality photos of my trees and stands.
jason
jason
Jason Eider- Member
Re: A cheap Light Box
Jason Eider wrote:Thanks for sharing Ryan. You inspire me to get some better quality photos of my trees and stands.
jason
Glad I could be of help Jason
Ryan- Member
Re: A cheap Light Box
hey ryan, looks good
might need to adjust color balance a bit, do you have a photo editor ?
also,
check out this diy project...
http://jeradhillphoto.com/diy-lightbox-for-product-photography
might need to adjust color balance a bit, do you have a photo editor ?
also,
check out this diy project...
http://jeradhillphoto.com/diy-lightbox-for-product-photography
BigDave- Member
Re: A cheap Light Box
BigDave wrote:hey ryan, looks good
might need to adjust color balance a bit, do you have a photo editor ?
also,
check out this diy project...
http://jeradhillphoto.com/diy-lightbox-for-product-photography
Thanks Dave! Wonderful link, I really like that.
I do have a photo editor, Gimp, but I have no idea how to use it
Ryan- Member
Re: A cheap Light Box
diffrent is, in your link guys use flash light. So they don't need correct white balance.BigDave wrote:hey ryan, looks good
might need to adjust color balance a bit, do you have a photo editor ?
also,
check out this diy project...
http://jeradhillphoto.com/diy-lightbox-for-product-photography
hmedik- Member
Re: A cheap Light Box
Ryan wrote:
Thanks Dave! Wonderful link, I really like that.
I do have a photo editor, Gimp, but I have no idea how to use it
Right,Gimp, that is a bit complicated ...I use photoscape, also free, has some powerful photo editing, combining, etc. Easy to use right off the shelf,
check out
http://www.photoscape.org/ps/main/index.php
BigDave- Member
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BigDave wrote:
Right,Gimp, that is a bit complicated ...I use photoscape, also free, has some powerful photo editing, combining, etc. Easy to use right off the shelf,
check out
http://www.photoscape.org/ps/main/index.php
Thanks for that, downloading it now.
Ryan- Member
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