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. 😉
Ever used a lightbox?