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Ideas For Inexpensive Light Boxes
Why buy an expensive light box, when contructing one is easy. Below are two ideas for lighting set-ups that won’t break the bank.
Jeanine from MyGrandpasPen has this unique idea:
“One of the areas that seems to cause huge issues for new Etsy and online sellers in general is pictures. I wanted to show you my very simple lighting setup. In the top picture there are 4 pieces of white cardboard – 3 of them taped together to form the backing and one forming the floor. It’s sitting on a chair in my bedroom and I move the chair around depending on how strong the outside light is.
Light Box
I then use the macro setting on my camera (Digital Canon Rebel XT) – it looks like a little flower, and the general use lens that came with my camera. I also take every picture in a portrait orientation (up and down) and use the smallest picture setting. That way I don’t have to crop any of the pictures – it’s the proper size for Etsy. I use Vista to auto fix the colors and then upload.
Picture from light box
Hope this helps someone!”
Jeanne found this second method for constructing her own light box, shown on this link, which is from a photography school site.
(more info coming later from Manic Butterfly)
Tags: light box, photography
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Some good ideas there! Thanks Jeanine and Jeanne!
Got lost on the photography site! one things just seems to lead to another!
Your pictures come out great! Really simple method, and ultra portable. I’ve been using a big translucent storage tub from Walmart as a diffuser. I cut a hole in the bottom for my camera lens, flip it over on top of my item, and it works really well for taking straight-down pictures. You can turn it on the side too and use it as more of a traditional style light box, with a background and tripod. I would actually like to try something even a little more opaque, it’s almost too translucent. But it’s no fuss. You might also check out this site, lots of helpful tips: http://www.home-jewelry-business-success-tips.com/photographing-jewelry.html. I’ve heard people using Styrofoam board in the same way as the poster board above. The site I just mentioned even shows you how to use a scanner to photograph jewelry!