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Last night I was in a quandary. I wanted to take photos of my newest creations for my Etsy shop, but – obviously – it was night-time, and so I had no natural light.
I had heard people mention lightboxes around the web and forums – some people, in fact, say they use nothing but! I have always tried to take my photos in good, natural light, but I decided to try and make myself a lightbox and see how it worked.
After a quick look around, I came up with this:
Impro-Lightbox!
I grabbed a small, opaque white storage box (I usually keep my completed jewellery in this one), a few sheets of white paper, and a white piece of cloth I have lying around.
I then grabbed my old lamp, (I have had this lamp since I was a kid – it’s the type that you can clip onto a bed-head to read by, though that part is broken now), and that was it!
If you do this – please note – don’t leave the lamp on too long! Mine runs very hot, and though I only had it on for a few minutes, it still warped the plastic a bit!
So – the verdict? Well, here are some of the photos I took – what do you think?
Delicious - Heart of Ice Necklace
Delicious - Summer Berries Necklace
Delicious - Mint Julep Necklace
Normally, I would fiddle with the light levels in my photos a bit before posting them – but I haven’t altered these in any way at all.
I did find you had to be careful with your angle – some of the pictures I took came out too dark because I shot them at a bad angle.
So there you have it! A bit of imagination and improvisation (and I know you’re all good at that!) and you have a lightbox-to-go!
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Oh i like this one…the use of the white fabric is a great idea…and the photos are lookin good!
Hey, ur pictures turned out really great!
very nice, who wud have thought, with such a simple set up!
Thanks guys – yeah, I thought of using the fabric to diffuse the light, and it worked pretty well! Still a little shadowy – probably be better with a lamp on either side, too.
Your pictures are great. Good idea. I don’t use a light box but I use white tag board. My foyer is bright in the day, even when its cloudy so I place one board on the floor and the other two on the sides to make a partial box. I like to read how others create their light boxes.
Thanks for sharing; my light box has holes in it so I think it’s time for a new one.
Not bad! I’ve been looking into light boxes myself. Mostly because now that it is winter we have had so many cloudy days, I just can’t get decent enough lighting to take a picture. Plus, I just haven’t mastered the filtering techniques for editing.
Instead of buying one, I may have to rig one like you did.
Cora, that’s a great idea! I might try something like that when I’m using natural light 🙂
I was reading a blog this morning that mentioned using a light box. I had no idea what she was talking about. And now… voila!
Glad to be of service, Frogdancer… 🙂
it’s ok. but you need more light. the shadows are too prominent in your images.