I made a lightbox and took some pics

ghiekorg · **on:** September 07, 2018, 12:00:41 AM

Hi everyone
today i remembered about some translucent paper i had in one of my drawers, so i decided to create a light box to make some amateaur product images. Here is the result.

[i'm not a professional photographer, i did it just for fun, more to test the light box than to take pics of SAKs. Actually i didn't even clean them, so there fingerprints and dust]

ghiekorg · **Reply #1 on:** September 07, 2018, 12:01:21 AM

some others

Rapidray · **Reply #2 on:** September 07, 2018, 12:19:27 AM

That looks like it worked out very well for you. What is your source of light???

ghiekorg · **Reply #3 on:** September 07, 2018, 12:31:40 AM

I just used 2 speedlights outside the box. If interested I can post a picture of setup tomorrow.

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Smashie · **Reply #4 on:** September 07, 2018, 12:38:46 AM

Excellent result

smiller43147 · **Reply #5 on:** September 07, 2018, 01:27:02 AM

Quote from: ghiekorg on September 07, 2018, 12:31:40 AM

I just used 2 speedlights outside the box. If interested I can post a picture of setup tomorrow. (Image removed from quote.)

Pictures please.

MadPlumbarian · **Reply #6 on:** September 07, 2018, 02:33:53 AM

Interesting, yeah post some pics please! I’ve found that my arch light works good, just throw something down and some type of background, nothing perfect but still good..
JR

Rapidray · **Reply #7 on:** September 07, 2018, 04:08:37 AM

Well, that would be pretty cool. Thanks!

Barry Rowland · **Reply #8 on:** September 07, 2018, 05:11:47 AM

Nice job!

GoatDragon · **Reply #9 on:** September 07, 2018, 05:52:14 AM

Can you post a picture of what the lightbox itself looks like? Those are some excellent pictures and I wanna see how they were made!

Don Pablo · **Reply #10 on:** September 07, 2018, 08:33:05 AM

Nice pictures!

magentus · **Reply #11 on:** September 07, 2018, 04:16:42 PM

Great pics! Would love to see how you got them looking so good

Barry Rowland · **Reply #12 on:** September 07, 2018, 04:35:41 PM

Me too!

tosh · **Reply #13 on:** September 07, 2018, 04:57:38 PM

Quote from: ghiekorg on September 07, 2018, 12:31:40 AM

I just used 2 speedlights outside the box. If interested I can post a picture of setup tomorrow.

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I'm interested in knowing the set up
You say Speedlite's
Are you using canon DSLR ?
Is one speedlite on camera as Master and the other as Slave?

Once the dark evenings arrive I intend to throw myself into photographing my collection. I'm all kitted up, just too busy to play at the minute.....

ghiekorg · **Reply #14 on:** September 07, 2018, 05:08:10 PM

hello everyone and thank you,
i'm finally home so i could take some pics.

The paper i used is this translucent thick paper for drawing:

Out of it i made a cube without one face and i clamped a white thick paper sheet (you can do it much stronger and nicer and foldable and etc etc):

The setup then it's quite simple. 2 speedlites on the sides and the camera in front. I used my olympus em10mkII just because it has the integrated flash. (technical stuff: the speedlites are in slave mode and completely manual. I used the integrated flash to trigger the speedlights and give a bit of front fill light. I could have used any other camera and use a trigger cable or a wireless trigger but with the integrated flash is much comfortable):

Here is an example of what happens (i actually triggered the lights with another camera, the one taking the picture, so there is no light coming from the camera on the table):

I hope that's clear enough

gustophersmob · **Reply #15 on:** September 07, 2018, 05:21:34 PM

Nice results! I like the one of the pioneer (X?)

MadPlumbarian · **Reply #16 on:** September 07, 2018, 08:03:50 PM

Nice setup, I just might have to make something similar..
Here’s what I do for a half decent pic, not the best but still somewhat clear, I threw in the mini skid for giggles since you put the little piece of wood..
JR

ghiekorg · **Reply #17 on:** September 07, 2018, 08:12:32 PM

I like arch lights.

I never tried one but I guess you can get some really nice highlights reflection. I use the speedlights because they are small and powerful but sometimes it’s difficult to have some nice shadows or a smooth light of they are not bounced somewhere or softened with umbrellas or soft boxes.

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MadPlumbarian · **Reply #18 on:** September 07, 2018, 08:24:50 PM

Omg I love it, 2yrs ago I never even heard of them. But I did my research and made myself one because I do models and need light, and I must say with all those lights from every angle take all the shadows away!
JR

Wspeed · **Reply #19 on:** September 07, 2018, 08:52:39 PM

Excellent idea thanks for the pics of the
light box and excellent pics of the knives

Rapidray · **Reply #20 on:** September 08, 2018, 12:27:55 AM

glenfiddich1983 · **Reply #21 on:** September 08, 2018, 12:38:33 PM

Quote from: ghiekorg on September 07, 2018, 05:08:10 PM

hello everyone and thank you,
i'm finally home so i could take some pics.

The paper i used is this translucent thick paper for drawing:

(Image removed from quote.)

Out of it i made a cube without one face and i clamped a white thick paper sheet (you can do it much stronger and nicer and foldable and etc etc):

(Image removed from quote.)
The setup then it's quite simple. 2 speedlites on the sides and the camera in front. I used my olympus em10mkII just because it has the integrated flash. (technical stuff: the speedlites are in slave mode and completely manual. I used the integrated flash to trigger the speedlights and give a bit of front fill light. I could have used any other camera and use a trigger cable or a wireless trigger but with the integrated flash is much comfortable):

(Image removed from quote.)

Here is an example of what happens (i actually triggered the lights with another camera, the one taking the picture, so there is no light coming from the camera on the table):

(Image removed from quote.)

I hope that's clear enough

Excellent work!

Chako · **Reply #22 on:** September 08, 2018, 01:09:39 PM

I like the resulting photos from your DIY light box.. Now for the fun part...try different light sources such as flashlights and possibly different coloured acetate cells if you have them. Experimentation is the fun part of photography.