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So how do you diffuse lighting at home without buying a bunch of photography stuff? Use whatever you can find. Some old white t-shirts, thin white pillow cases (please don't use your good shirts and pillow cases). | So how do you diffuse lighting at home without buying a bunch of photography stuff? Use whatever you can find. Some old white t-shirts, thin white pillow cases (please don't use your good shirts and pillow cases). | ||
| − | I'll try not to repeat a lot of photography advice you can find by quickly | + | I'll try not to repeat a lot of photography advice you can find by quickly googling but I did want to mention the diffuse lighting. It is probably the single biggest thing I see that people can improve on. A quick google turned up this link to [http://www.tabletopstudio.com/documents/jewelry_photography.htm Jewelry photography tips - how to photograph jewelry] |
| − | Now if you ask me (or if you don't even) I'm gonna tell ya that looks like an ad for the photography equipment you see them using. I will admit, that EZcube thing is a nice tool to have to take photos of products. But in all honesty you can have nearly the same thing by [http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?order_num=-1&SKU=12329920 buying one of these] | + | Now if you ask me (or if you don't even) I'm gonna tell ya that looks like an ad for the photography equipment you see them using. I will admit, that EZcube thing is a nice tool to have to take photos of products. But in all honesty you can have nearly the same thing by |
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| + | [http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?order_num=-1&SKU=12329920 buying one of these] | ||
Get it in white from your local flea market, or Walmart, or wherever you can find it dirt cheap, and not pay that ungodly $15 Bed Bath and Beyond is asking. I think last time I checked the local flea market here sells those for about $1-$2. Cut a hole out of one side (look how the EZcube is setup for reference) and take a couple/few OLD white t-shirts, cut them down to size and drape them over or use some small spring loaded clamps to keep them in place (whatever works for you). | Get it in white from your local flea market, or Walmart, or wherever you can find it dirt cheap, and not pay that ungodly $15 Bed Bath and Beyond is asking. I think last time I checked the local flea market here sells those for about $1-$2. Cut a hole out of one side (look how the EZcube is setup for reference) and take a couple/few OLD white t-shirts, cut them down to size and drape them over or use some small spring loaded clamps to keep them in place (whatever works for you). | ||
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Image:11802d1212425111-photography-straight-razors-dscf2896-pick-white-point-small.jpg | Edited with the photo editor [http://gimp.org/ The Gimp]. Although there is an orange cast, I know that the walls are supposed to be white. So I went to the option Colors -> Levels and chose 'Pick White Point.' I selected the whitest point on the white wall. Much better, although the blue background is a bit rich. | Image:11802d1212425111-photography-straight-razors-dscf2896-pick-white-point-small.jpg | Edited with the photo editor [http://gimp.org/ The Gimp]. Although there is an orange cast, I know that the walls are supposed to be white. So I went to the option Colors -> Levels and chose 'Pick White Point.' I selected the whitest point on the white wall. Much better, although the blue background is a bit rich. | ||
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== Building your lightbox for US$ 0.00 == | == Building your lightbox for US$ 0.00 == | ||
