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Light box?

03-28-2010, 02:56 AM	#1
Agent Viper Legendary Offline --> Posts: 2,220 --> Join Date: Aug 2007	Light box? I noticed that Vader uses a light box, I do ont know if anyone else on here uses them. Is there anyway I could hand make one??? I had a cardboard box with black construction paper in it It was very inexpensive and its actually used in alot of my old pics. And also, getting a new Sony Monday!!! Prepared for new pics! __________________ This is war, survival is your responsibility.

03-28-2010, 07:04 AM	#2
seyms Not Enough Time Offline --> Posts: 1,007 --> Join Date: Aug 2009	Do you mean a light box as in a light tent cube sort of thing? I haven't looked myself recently, but I'm sure that http://www.diyphotography.net/ had something on DIY lightboxes.

03-28-2010, 09:24 AM	#3
Dreadnok Dread The Dreaded Cuban Offline --> Posts: 1,662 --> Join Date: Mar 2009	I use a light box in alot of my shots! I say buy one off ebay! I got a 36 inch by 24 inch lightbox with four color changing cloths for 20 bucks with shipping! something like this is what i have just bigger! http://cgi.ebay.com/16-40cm-Photo-S...f#ht_3024wt_941 its worth it man! I built some before and it ended up costing more to build it than to just buy one! when you do build it they end up being flimsy after a while as well! the light tent is pretty much used to filter the light that ends up on the objects you are taking pictures of. So another way is to put a bed sheet or white t-shirt in front of your light source it filters some of the light out but will get hot if left over or around the light for a long time! hope this helps! most of my crisp shots are using a light tent! for instance! http://www.joedios.com/dioramas/sho...&imageuser=3885 cheers! dd __________________ "All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth. " Friedrich Nietzsche

03-28-2010, 03:00 PM

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Come to think of it you're right about that. They are so cheap to buy.

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Originally Posted by Dreadnok Dread

I use a light box in alot of my shots! I say buy one off ebay! I got a 36 inch by 24 inch lightbox with four color changing cloths for 20 bucks with shipping!

something like this is what i have just bigger!
http://cgi.ebay.com/16-40cm-Photo-S...f#ht_3024wt_941

its worth it man! I built some before and it ended up costing more to build it than to just buy one! when you do build it they end up being flimsy after a while as well! the light tent is pretty much used to filter the light that ends up on the objects you are taking pictures of. So another way is to put a bed sheet or white t-shirt in front of your light source it filters some of the light out but will get hot if left over or around the light for a long time!

hope this helps! most of my crisp shots are using a light tent!

for instance! http://www.joedios.com/dioramas/sho...&imageuser=3885
cheers! dd

03-31-2010, 02:05 PM	#5
Dreadnok Dread The Dreaded Cuban Offline --> Posts: 1,662 --> Join Date: Mar 2009	taking with you guys I decided to show a behind the scenes on my flickr check it out! http://www.flickr.com/photos/25816593@N05/4477795501/ enjoy! __________________ "All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth. " Friedrich Nietzsche

04-01-2010, 04:14 PM	#6
seyms Not Enough Time Offline --> Posts: 1,007 --> Join Date: Aug 2009	That is a very nice set-up there, Dreadnok Dread! I'll have to try it like that.