14.3.09

Playing with the tent

Took a few more photographs using my newly made light tent. The first two are a couple pieces I made this semester in ceramics. They are raku glazed.










at

4 comments:

melanie is amazing! said...

So this light box that you made is pretty amazing! Would you mind sharing what kind of fabric you ended up using? I would like to make something like this to photograph my package from last semester :)

my email is mbostwick1@gmail.com or you could leave a post.. whichever.

3/15/09, 8:28 PM
Drewbius Maximus said...

The fabric that I used is called Muslin Cotton. I found it at Walmart for about $3.50/yd. I also bought some white fleece and another white fabric I can't remember the name of...When I asked the fabric lady about the Muslin, she said they didn't carry it, but I looked around anyway and found it. Tape the fabric onto your box so that you can easily remove it in case you want to try out different possibilities.

3/16/09, 6:31 AM
melanie is amazing! said...

SO I constructed my box... my only problem is lighting? You have any suggestions?

3/22/09, 10:32 PM
Drewbius Maximus said...

This is the advice my uncle gave me via e-mail when I showed him my photographs....

Andrew,

try using a piece of aluminum foil as a reflector for diffuse light in different ways. (or any such shiny metal).

Some people spraypaint a piece of aluminum gold to have both white and yellow reflectors.

You can buy them both in pro form at a camera shop, but they aren't free.

A guy I work with, who's big into photography, recommended you use 2 lights of lesser intensity. To get more diffuse shadows and highlights that aren't so blown out. Just a recommendation.

Look for ideas:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/category/1161/Lighting_Studio.html


Hope this helps, Melanie. Glad to hear you made one!

3/23/09, 3:07 PM

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)