homemade lightbox C&C

Trizo

Hey all saw a DIY lightbox online and decided to make one myself with 2 halogen work lights and a cardboard box. Just put anything i could find in the box so there's an asortment of items. Anyone ever do this? any tips or comments all welcome
i wasnt sure about the exposure should i over expose normally to white out the background like in dino2?

Thanks
Trizo

ThOnda

Looks very good, but I think that the white ballance is a little off.
By the way, some halogen lights don't have the same spectrum of colours like the Sun and the flash gun, so be careful about reproduction of colours.

Trizo

ThOnda wrote: »

Looks very good, but I think that the white ballance is a little off.
By the way, some halogen lights don't have the same spectrum of colours like the Sun and the flash gun, so be careful about reproduction of colours.

Hi ThOnda,

Thanks yeah i was thinking the white balance was a little off i usually shoot in Raw and then bring them into canon's DPP and then just correct the WB there but unlike landscapes etc i was unsure what to use i think some are white florescent and others tungsten , i guess its trial and error until i figure out the correct WB. Would there be a better type of light to use to the side and above the lightbox?

Trizo

ThOnda

I would go with flash guns. That what I did in this picture. But I had not built a light tent, I bought a foldable laundry basket at M&S

Trizo

ThOnda wrote: »

I would go with flash guns. That what I did in this picture. But I had not built a light tent, I bought a foldable laundry basket at M&S

Haha i like it
i think i have the WB a bit better now

ThOnda

The advantage of manual setting of your camera is that if there is something incorrect, e.g. white ballance, you can correct all pictures in the same way in a batch. Let computer do the repetitive work, they were designed for such tasks! :pac:

And yes, it looks whiter now.

Calina

ThOnda wrote: »

I would go with flash guns. That what I did in this picture. But I had not built a light tent, I bought a foldable laundry basket at M&S

You're brilliant. I'm going to use that idea when I get my DSLR back. I had been thinking about building a light box and frankly it was finding some where to store it was causing me some concern.

I've a load of jewellery to photograph.

By the way, that shot is fantastic. duly favourited.

ThOnda

The idea about shopping at M&S was posted here few months ago. But not having didjital camera, I haven't bought it. Now I did

whyulittle

Borderfox posted it up at the time I think.

What did you use for an infinity curve?

ThOnda

I had lifted my chair and shot heading down :pac:

oshead

White balance can be a problem when using non standard lights. I sometimes use this card which I bought from http://www.rawworkflow.com/whibal/. It works very well IMO.

Dave OS

Anouilh

If you shoot in RAW the white balance can be adjusted afterwards.
I use the Canon software that came with my Digital Rebel, DPPreview and it can produce any white balance you like.

quilmore

Anouilh wrote: »

If you shoot in RAW the white balance can be adjusted afterwards.

yes, but if you have more than one light source and they aren't at the same "colour" that is something no RAW software can fix

Trizo

Anouilh wrote: »

If you shoot in RAW the white balance can be adjusted afterwards.
I use the Canon software that came with my Digital Rebel, DPPreview and it can produce any white balance you like.

Hi,
Yeah this is exactly what im using i always shoot in Raw and use manual i then use DPP to adjust the white balance(thats why i dont shoot JPG) for some reason i cant get it uniform though there seems to be some variations in colour im putting this down to the fact that i was moving the lights a fair bit just to see the difference.

I think next time the import thing is to keep everything exactly consistent i.e not moving the side lights or the tripod.Theres also a register function in DPP which allows you to save white balances and then use them in other pictures looks promising.

I have seen those white/grey cards mentioned a fair bit so ill look into that.

Thanks all

Borderfox

Calina wrote: »

You're brilliant. I'm going to use that idea when I get my DSLR back. I had been thinking about building a light box and frankly it was finding some where to store it was causing me some concern.

I've a load of jewellery to photograph.

By the way, that shot is fantastic. duly favourited.

Bit blown out but you get the idea, the base is a clipboard

RoryW

ThOnda wrote: »

... I bought a foldable laundry basket at M&S

M&S have 20% off bathroom accessories items at the moment in their sale

Online price STG£5.00

In shop ROI Price Eur 7.75 less 20% = Eur 6.20

Ballyman

RoryW wrote: »

M&S have 20% off bathroom accessories items at the moment in their sale

Online price STG£5.00

In shop ROI Price Eur 7.75 less 20% = Eur 6.20

The exact same thing is also available in Dunnes for €6.