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<blockquote data-quote="Will V|Photography" data-source="post: 44288" data-attributes="member: 7177"><p>If this is in the wrong section please feel free to move...</p><p></p><p>Alright, so I know we're not <em>all</em> well-paid photo pros. Equipment is expensive and a lot of times we try to make something before paying for it. </p><p>This is a "Macro Light Tent" that I made this evening for product photography. All it took was a box, a box cutter or scissors, some freezer paper, poster paper for the infinity sweep, and a good amount of masking tape. Cut the squares into the two sides and top about an inch from each edge. Tape the freezer paper to the outside with the shiny side of the paper facing the inside of the box. Cut your poster paper and secure it in there with glue or tape in a "half pipe" or curved shape. Shoot your strobe in from either side and it will reflect off the shiny side of the other 2 pieces and engulf your subject in light, effectively reducing shadows as much as possible.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Here's the completed box on my dining room table. Note the strobe just outside of the box to the left aimed up through the side towards the top...</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/something_witty/6799450115/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7024/6799450115_74dea18a4a_z.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/something_witty/6799450115/" target="_blank">DIY Macro Light Box with Infinity Sweep</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/something_witty/" target="_blank">FLWill</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p></p><p>And 2 sample shots. One landscape and the other portrait to show the "depth" of the infinity sweep...</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/something_witty/6799458681/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7170/6799458681_30b327a396_z.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/something_witty/6799458681/" target="_blank">Landscape in DIY Light Tent</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/something_witty/" target="_blank">FLWill</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/something_witty/6799460147/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7172/6799460147_6df3d33461_z.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/something_witty/6799460147/" target="_blank">Portrait in DIY Light Tent</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/something_witty/" target="_blank">FLWill</a>, on Flickr</p><p></p><p></p><p>I'll take some more pictures of the outside of the box if anyone wants them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Will V|Photography, post: 44288, member: 7177"] If this is in the wrong section please feel free to move... Alright, so I know we're not [i]all[/i] well-paid photo pros. Equipment is expensive and a lot of times we try to make something before paying for it. This is a "Macro Light Tent" that I made this evening for product photography. All it took was a box, a box cutter or scissors, some freezer paper, poster paper for the infinity sweep, and a good amount of masking tape. Cut the squares into the two sides and top about an inch from each edge. Tape the freezer paper to the outside with the shiny side of the paper facing the inside of the box. Cut your poster paper and secure it in there with glue or tape in a "half pipe" or curved shape. Shoot your strobe in from either side and it will reflect off the shiny side of the other 2 pieces and engulf your subject in light, effectively reducing shadows as much as possible. Here's the completed box on my dining room table. Note the strobe just outside of the box to the left aimed up through the side towards the top... [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/something_witty/6799450115/][img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7024/6799450115_74dea18a4a_z.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/something_witty/6799450115/]DIY Macro Light Box with Infinity Sweep[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/something_witty/]FLWill[/url], on Flickr And 2 sample shots. One landscape and the other portrait to show the "depth" of the infinity sweep... [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/something_witty/6799458681/][img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7170/6799458681_30b327a396_z.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/something_witty/6799458681/]Landscape in DIY Light Tent[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/something_witty/]FLWill[/url], on Flickr [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/something_witty/6799460147/][img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7172/6799460147_6df3d33461_z.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/something_witty/6799460147/]Portrait in DIY Light Tent[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/something_witty/]FLWill[/url], on Flickr I'll take some more pictures of the outside of the box if anyone wants them. [/QUOTE]
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