Cheap Lights

[GungaDin]

Any ideas for cheap lighting of a couple of leather phone pouches?

Camera is a basic Nikon 50

Thanks.

Product sample:

[Klyph]

Neon lightbulbs are great. Use 4-6 of them in conjunction with a cloth "tent" to diffuse direct lighting. I saw a few at the Photo Fair and made a makeshift set at home... works perfectly.

Also, a white acrylic background makes things more professional, you can get them at any art supplies store in Thailand and add a lamp underneath so there are no shadows.

[GungaDin]

Good tips!

Thanks Klyph.

[Klyph]

Yeee!

You're welcome! Took me a while to get it perfect. If neon isn't right, sunlight is also your cheapest natural resource.

[Antimony]

Another ghetto lighting tip:

http://strobist.blogspot.com/2006/07/how-t...oto-studio.html

[astral]

Another ghetto lighting tip:

http://strobist.blogspot.com/2006/07/how-t...oto-studio.html

That is a very good description of how to do it.

I love his comment about "not cutting yourself, as the arterial bleeding weakens the cardboard"

[GungaDin]

Another ghetto lighting tip:

http://strobist.blogspot.com/2006/07/how-t...oto-studio.html

Good one, Antimony.

cheers.

[Tywais]

This topic got me thinking how useful a light box would be for my work. I sometimes need to take photos of some of my design work for reports or publications and this looks perfect. Did some looking around and found a couple of more sites with DIY light boxes.

http://www.pbase.com/wlhuber/light_box_light_tent

http://www.studiolighting.net/homemade-lig...ct-photography/

[GungaDin]

This topic got me thinking how useful a light box would be for my work. I sometimes need to take photos of some of my design work for reports or publications and this looks perfect. Did some looking around and found a couple of more sites with DIY light boxes.

http://www.pbase.com/wlhuber/light_box_light_tent

http://www.studiolighting.net/homemade-lig...ct-photography/

Loads of info on both sites.

The Internet at it's "sharing" best.

Cheers

[baahjun]

sunlight and reflectors