Photogaphs and Light tents/box's

[Guest]

Hello all

Just asking how many of you out there use a home made light tent/box for photographing there models and thoughts on what matirial and colour being best to use as covering

Also what thoughts on colour and material for an infinity curve

just thinking of having a go at making one as there are a big choice bright LEDs to play about with

any thoughts

Thanks

[Guest]

Never got that deep into it but always wished I had the time to do more. If I was to make light boxes I would almost certainly use old white bed sheets, which I am sure would make a nice diffused light and you can't go far wrong with baking foil as a reflector. You can stick it round the turkey afterwards as well.

Another interesting material is the white opaque perspex material that you see around. A search around the internet might come up with a supplier such as this:

Perspex, Lucite and Acrylic Sheet Suppliers / Distributors - Perspex Distribution Ltd UK

[Guest]

no i dont have one but realy do want one. you can get them for a fiver of ebay. generally the ones on ebay are white and come with 4 different colour back drop bits. worth it i recon.

Richard

[wonwinglo]

A really good material to use is ordinary tracing paper available in rolls and sheets from art shops,this is excellent for diffusing the light source,make a simple frame from Meccano strips and drape and tape/bluetak the tracing paper over it,you can assemble quick dioramas inside the tunnel/hangar whatever you wish to call it and fire away,the results are first class.

Happy shooting.

[Guest]

When I photograph my models, I don't use a light box.

Useful though they are to avoid harsh contrast, it is possible to use sunlight and a reflector (can be white card or paper) only.

I usually put the model on a pedestal (inprovised according to where the sun is, can be a box, a small table, even on a fence-post), with a real sky or blank background (usually a large piece of paper curving up from the surface the model rests on, to behind the model), then look through the camera, frame the model how I want, then hand-hold a reflector to 'fill-in' any deep shadows.

Just looking through the camera will show if you have done it.

A tent can be a piece of fine curtain material or dressmaking gauze; it only need to reduce the harshness of the lighting.

As a tent reduces light, I tend to use reflectors o fill shadows instead.

Hope this is useful.

[Guest]

Thanks all for the replys