Sorry I’ve been away for a while. I discovered on Tuesday that all the pictures I’d taken over the 4th of July weekend were gone due to a faulty memory card. In truth, we didn’t do anything exciting for the 4th anyway since the Decatur fireworks were washed out with rain, so I didn’t have much to show you anyhow.
I did manage to do one constructive thing this week though…build a photography lightbox!
Jeff did some research for me on how to build one and we set out to procure the materials. Apparently, all you need is some white foam board, 2 utility lamps, and some bright lightbulbs. Oh, and tape, lots of tape.
We put in a couple of daylight CFLs and got to work testing it out.
Wow, it is bright all lit up! I almost need to wear sunglasses to take pictures in it.
I practiced taking pictures of many different objects and playing with my camera settings to see what worked.
I still need to purchase some cloth backdrops to hang inside so that I can completely eliminate the background in the photos, but overall I like the effect.
The lightbox was needed for a super secret project I’m working on that I’ll tell you all about when the time comes. š
Ever used a lightbox?
I could totally use one of those…and the free time needed to construct it. Wanna come build one for me? š
I have put off making one of these for a long time because I just couldn’t get motivated to do it. Once I had all the pieces though, it took all of 15 minutes to put together.
Oh, I wish someone would build me one of these! I’m absolutely terrified and confused by it all, but my apartment’s lighting is so terrible I really need one. But then again, my room and apartment are pretty much too small to have anywhere to put one.
I want to know this super secret project! Sounds exciting. And lightbox pictures always turn out so nice.