Members RobDude30 Posted January 18, 2011 Members Report Posted January 18, 2011 (edited) I spent the afternoon yesterday making a light box from a cardboard box and a frosted shower curtain. I should have done this a long time ago. Now I need to learn to use my camera and make some really nice shots. BTW, I have about $5 in the light box and another $4 in a CFL daylight light bulb. It's not pretty, but it works well. Here's a pic taken with my Droid 1 phone using the lightbox. A good camera and someone that knows how to use it would probably take some awesome pics. The bad thing about the lightbox is it really allows the flaws in my leatherwork to be seen! Bad photography hides some of the defects. LOL! Edited January 18, 2011 by RobDude30 Quote
Contributing Member TwinOaks Posted January 18, 2011 Contributing Member Report Posted January 18, 2011 The bad thing about the lightbox is it really allows the flaws in my leatherwork to be seen! Bad photography hides some of the defects. LOL! That's what the graphics editing programs are for....... Quote Mike DeLoach Esse Quam Videri (Be rather than Seem) "Don't learn the tricks of the trade.....Learn the trade." "Teach what you know......Learn what you don't." LEATHER ARTISAN'S DIGITAL GUILD on Facebook.
Members RobDude30 Posted January 18, 2011 Members Report Posted January 18, 2011 That's what the graphics editing programs are for....... Yep. You are correct! Quote
Members CitizenKate Posted January 18, 2011 Members Report Posted January 18, 2011 Nice work, Rob, on the box, the photo, and the wallet. You might be able to tip the subject a little more out of the glare with a little more adjustment. Kate Quote
Members budd4766 Posted January 18, 2011 Members Report Posted January 18, 2011 I got one of these for Christmas. Haven't used it yet, but definitely looking forward to it! Think Geek Quote
Members JJLeatherworks Posted January 18, 2011 Members Report Posted January 18, 2011 Get a 18% gray card and learn how to use it, it's not hard. Your blacks will come out black and whites white, and you get the full range of color in between. You can use two or three of the portable halogen shop lights (pretty cheap at Harbor Freight) and place at a 45 degree angle forward of the subject for lighting. For a softer lighting effect face them away from the subject and reflect them off of a white piece of foam core or stiff poster board. Product photography is not much different from portrait photography. Lighting techniques are the same. Quote
Members RobDude30 Posted January 19, 2011 Members Report Posted January 19, 2011 Nice work, Rob, on the box, the photo, and the wallet. You might be able to tip the subject a little more out of the glare with a little more adjustment. Kate Thanks Kate. I think I could have moved the light a little farther back to get rid of the glare as well. As with everything, it will take a little practice to get it right! Quote
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