Box Building #3: Photography Light Box

I have been thinking of building one of these, yours turned out very well.

Thanks for sharing..

-- Scotty - aka... SgtSnafu - Randleman NC

nicely done Kent, the black background gives it a warmer tone and a pristine look (albeit less light).

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Kent: Does it fold up for storage.

Are the small spots Halogen lights?

Very nice job on the design.

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Nice job, Kent!

That looks like a good thing to do… to remove sharp shadows, etc.

I guess, if you wanted to, you could drape another colored fabric down the back, onto the bottom toward the front.

Did you use Sheet material for the white fabric?

Thank you…

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Please don’t overlook the value of some sharp reflections (called speculars) to make the whole thing sparkle.
The tent gives nice, smooth overall lighting, but cross lighting and bright speculars will make it sing.

To get the cross lighting, which emphasizes the shape, make one of the tent lamps, preferably on one side or the other, twice as strong as the other lights. This will be your main, the other ones the fill lights.

A small point source near the camera and not shining through the tent will give the sparkly speculars.

Not to be overlooked, too, are backlights. Down low and behind the subject, they give sharp definition to the outline. Usually only one backlight.

Try it, you’ll like it!

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I’m too busy catching little glimpses of all those home-brewed shop fixtures in the background!

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Sharon, I edited the information. I also have other colors of fabric. They attach with velcro.

Karson, Mine does not fold up. I though about it, but I have a big shop so I wasn’t worried about space. I plan on needing it enough to leave it set up. The lights are not halogen, but they would work.

Joe, It is not sheet material, but that would work. It is fun to go to the fabric alone. All the women looked shocked when they hear you are buying it for your own projects. If we treat women like this, they call it sexist. (Not you—nice ladies on Ljs)

Don, I’m still playing with the lighting for best results—Thanks.

Al, You can see all those jigs in my projects. There is also a slide show of my shop—I think it is in a blog.

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This is very nice Kent, one of those projects I keep telling myself ” I need to do”..... you have re-kindled the thought so now, maybe it will even get done!

I love your line: ” Design evolution”..... I need to remember that as I use that concept quite often LOL

I will be checking Lowes for these light, do you remember what they are called?

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Gene, I don’t know what they were called—Sorry (Little lights maybe???)

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Grear setup Kent. Some great design ideas…
I have one of those foldable 30” photo cubes I have been using but it definitely needs improvement (replacement). It is convenient when I want to carry it outside to get natural light pictures but that is about the oly good feature it has. I recently bought some thick poster board at a art shop. It comes in a multitude of colors and I am planning on building a foldable plywood box that I can place the poster board in it for different background colors. One negative about the oster board I just relized is that I would not be able to shine and diffuse a light through it as would be possible with cloth.

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Just what I need… can I build one big enough to house the Torque..??
seriously though this is cool and really a must for taking half way decent pics…
Thanks for sharing…

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Nice work, Kent.

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