In the meantime, I've been working on several projects, one of which really pushed me to get some decent photos of my work. I had been asking friends about this subject for a few months and someone pointed me to the directions for a homemade light box online. I talked to my handy brother about rigging up something but for the moment we couldn't decide if it was overkill or not. Nonetheless, I needed to take some pictures....looked around my basement...and made my own, um, light contraption (box is too elegant a word).
It's made from the scaffolding of my Target laundry hamper laid on its side, 2 sheets of paper and 2 clip-on lamps with GE's "Reveal" floodlights. Taa-dah!And the picture is not bad:
But I don't like to leave my laundry in a cloth bag on the dryer, so I think I'm still going to look into something less improvisational.
2 comments:
You are one smart cookie! So far, I'm simply laying a sheet of paper against the wall in my studio and bringing it up onto my work table. I've been thinking of getting two small lights, since the lighting in my studio is less than optimal.The Steve Meltzer book that I mentioned on my blog today has some good ideas and photos.
Hey---that looks like a really good job! I rigged something similar to shoot photos of some hats I made. The trick is not getting any shadows---which is harder than it sounds.
Did you look into renting lights? I do that every once in awhile when I have no other options...
E.
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