I did something like that, except made replaceable side panels that velcro in, with either translucent (tracing paper) in a frame, or black poster board (black one side, white the other) which gives a whole lot more light control.
Then panels can also be moved around inside the frame and the two sides and top can be moved around more easily when not fixed to the box.
cool stuff, i have a small version of that. I have that exact same lamp, what kinda bulb should i use to get rid of the yellow tinge to it? The one im using is one of those hallogin ones, the spiraly looking bulbs.
cool stuff, i have a small version of that. I have that exact same lamp, what kinda bulb should i use to get rid of the yellow tinge to it? The one im using is one of those hallogin ones, the spiraly looking bulbs.
You can set a custom white balance in your camera by putting a white sheet of paper in your light tent and taking a photograph of it. Or in post processing you can set the white balance to a white part of your subject. If your subject doesn't have anything white on it, put a small piece of white paper where you can either crop or clone it out after setting the white balance...
Gordon, got time to upload a couple shots of your handiwork?
You can at least get the idea from the shot
This just has the left and right translucent panels in, with the white bounce at the top. The key thing about having the side panels removable and movable is that you can angle them to the subject to change the size of the light, as seen by the subject - i.e., get it in as close as possible, or not, in a controlled way.
Here's another example shot with this same setup. This time, just one translucent panel on the camera right and the left and top use the white posterboard bounce panels.
Here's another example shot with this same setup. This time, just one translucent panel on the camera right and the left and top use the white posterboard bounce panels.
My first attempt went pretty well - I didn't use a particularly strong box and the only paper I had lying around transparent enough was used as packing material in a Christmas present box so it was crumpled up a bit. It'll be perfect for my mom since she eBay's some item from time to time but for my purposes your velcro idea will be stolen. :)
My first attempt went pretty well - I didn't use a particularly strong box and the only paper I had lying around transparent enough was used as packing material in a Christmas present box so it was crumpled up a bit. It'll be perfect for my mom since she eBay's some item from time to time but for my purposes your velcro idea will be stolen. :)
~Nathan
What I did for them was make three panels that fit into each opening.
One is a mat, cut as if for a framed photo, that I then stuck tracing paper over (I bought large sheets of tracing paper really cheaply from office depot) The other panel is black poster board (which was white on the reverse side) so with just two pieces, I've got a translucent panel to shoot through, a white panel for bounce and a black panel to kill reflections. Same three things done for each of the sides and top.
I could also add in some extra panel ideas - covered in tin-foil for a more specular fill, or some sort of gold foil (not sure what the best source would be for this?) for a warmer specular reflection.
