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Cheap DIY light box help?
Anyone here has build a cheap diy light box for taking pictures for an online auction or to illustrate a product?
I have googled up some results but not diggin the shadows and the overall results I have found so far, if at all you have attempted this and has worked out with excellent results please help me out and post a sample pic and also which intructions if any you have followed and equipment used fabric,lens etc. Thanks ahead
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11-20-2009, 08:48 PM
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11-20-2009, 09:24 PM
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Another option, pretty similar: How to Make An Inexpensive Light Tent – DIY
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Save your time and buy a collapsible tent from Alzo Digital. Their 28" cube is ~$50 and comes with four paper backdrops.
While you're shopping there purchase some 5500k CF bulbs, mount them in inexpensive clamp on reflectors and you're set. A test shot...  Cheers, Don
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Thank you all for your suggestions as they are valued
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I have a light-box but find this set-up much easier to use; well in the daytime at least.
  You can purchase swatches of felt in various colours from a dollar store & fill light on the dark side of the subject with a ladies hand mirror if you wish. 
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Quote: Originally Posted by Ron Evers
I have a light-box but find this set-up much easier to use; well in the daytime at least.
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I thought it might be helpful for some to demonstrate what I am doing. I changed the felt background to a green one (not the best) & shot this nut lit only by the light from the window on camera right.
1.  Notice the deep shadowing on the left side. With the aid of a mirror only, it is possible to fill in the shadows as you see in pic #2. 2.  In pic #3 most of the shadowing is filled.  By changing the position of the mirror more of the shadow is filled in pic #4. 
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Quote: Originally Posted by Goontz
Another option, pretty similar: How to Make An Inexpensive Light Tent – DIY
I have posted some sample shots before, here are a few.... First test   With a black sweep  
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