Lightboz Photos,

[JD]

Thought I would have a bash at making a lightbox today, to take some photos with

found myself a nice cardboard box and some printer paper

took a few snaps, moving the lights about and whatnot

here are a few I took










I'm reasonably pleased with them

Although a few tips/criticism would be good..

on other lightbox style photos I have seen, their is no shadow at all around the object? how is this achieved? I tried moving my lights all over the place but to no avail

on the shot of the piggybank their is quite a glare (in between the I and the heart) is their a way of stopping this? I was diffusing the light with sheets of printer paper..

a lot of my pics, seemed to be underexposed once I had them on my PC, and the backgrounds are a bit off-white, how do I make them more white? simply more light?

Comments especially welcome

Also discovered this.... (only had the camera three months)
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u163/JD313_2007...
loooads of dirty spots, can Jessops sort this for me? there is one right near uni

[JD]

I am SUCH a pleb

this is my second topic in this forum, and both times I have spelt the title incorrectly

[furtive]

Nice. What were you using for your lightsource? And by "printer paper" do you mean you just stuck some A4 sheets to the inside of the box?

[JD]

furtive said:

Nice. What were you using for your lightsource? And by "printer paper" do you mean you just stuck some A4 sheets to the inside of the box?

I was using two halogen desk lights

I cut all the sides of the box out, then covered the holes with paper

[Rednut05]

Where's UKBOB these days...?

Umm shoot in RAW. So when you load up the picture in Photoshop, you can select the white point.

Can also select the white point within the camera but I find Photoshop easier.

I diffused light through a sheet, as opposed to paper.

David

[S. Gonzales Esq.]

To avoid shadows around the object, try putting it on a bit of opal white perspex with a light underneath.

I would say that's what professionals do, but I'm pretty sure they'd just cut it out and put it on a white background.

Edited by S. Gonzales Esq. on Monday 1st October 23:47

[bramley]

What camera are you using? You need to up the exposure compensation to get the white looking white. The camera is underexposing because there's a lot of white in the frame (and it's coming out grey). Extra light will help too maybe, but no point having more light if the camera's not letting it in!

If you don't have exposure compensation then slow the shutter speed down.

[andybuk99]

Just a bit of tweaking in curves will get a better result