DIY Light Box

That’s a cunning answer to a chinlengalg question

dun sa plugin u can try to use Jquery ung thickbox.. ewan ko lang kung may plugin na ganito sa wordpress

Hi Abe!

I thought for a moment you shifted to the dark side hahaha… then I noticed that it was just a typo.. “Canon D40” hehe should’ve been Canon 40D ;-)

More tips…

Look for CFL bulbs – they will give you almost daylight white light, are really bright, consume less energy

If you wanna stick with the tungsten bulbs, put your white balance on tungsten. That way the color on your shots will stay consistent.

If you have a strobe you can use off-camera, put it on top of the box, or bounce it from the front to the top… or even use it inside the box (I do that sometimes)

Use pieces of black or white paper or even small mirrors to block or reflect / bounce light – this will help you control shadows

That’s all I have for now. Enjoy!

abe,

anong lugin gamit mo pag nag po popup na yung images?

it looks cool

You’re on the right track here … so many bloggers use poorly lighted pictures, expecting the camera to make up for it.

A suggestion is, though, you need a third light. The lights you have on either side shold not be the same wattage. You’ll note on several of your samples there is a shadow on both sides of the subject … this is confusing to the eye.

On one side or the other you put say a 40 watt buld … this is the “key” light, On the opposite side a “fill” light about half the wattage .. this gives a natural lighting look. Then above and behind a “back” light which creates highlights on the top surface of the subject .. adds depth and texture. The back light is typically half the wattage of the fill, as a starting point.

this is a basic “3 point” lighting setup and will ad a lot of ‘snap’ to your photos.

Now, if we could only get John Chow to read this … LoL

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yeah, definitely much better than if there’s no lightbox.