spanky

like this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/SUPER-SIZE-Photo...QQcmdZViewItem

I'd like to pick one up for photographing various things but I want to find out if they really produce intended results...

b00gers

They work well. But you need to have the lighting to go with it. You cant stick that tent in a room and expect the pics to come out looking nice.

spanky

I know. I was going to get some shop lights and some soft white bulbs. I think thats what john said.

b00gers

That would work. If you wanna get crafty, you can build your own. All it takes is a frame made from PVC pipes and some white sheets. :thumbup:

I told Drew about this, and he found a "premade" frame using a laundry basket. Let me get him in this thread

e3NiNe

Define "various objects"

The biggest issue here is the size of the subject being photographed. The PVC tube method I used was awesome.

I pieced together a ghetto lightbox from Walmart materials.

(1) laundry hamper - $10 - used for the PVC pipe and joint pieces
(1) piece of white cloth - $3 - used as a defuser
(1) pack of GE 100W Reveal bulbs - $3
(2) metallic lamps - $4 ea

The hamper should look something like this:



the setup



the results

before:


after:






There was absolutely no photoshop'ing at all. I used PS to resize the images, but there was no color level fixes or anything.

The camera is a 2005 Cannon SD400, 5.0MP, point and shoot.

spanky

ill check that out.

rawkus

heres a great site dedicated to low budget lighting.strobist
i've got jtl studio lighting, but i use my vivi 285hv and my sb24 with ebay radio slaves for all my photos

VietGuhTrippie

Thanks Rawkus, I'm broke and could use some good lighting for my models

jdmeg6hatchy

wow! id like to get something like that! great shots e3nine!