DIY LIght Box

There appear to be a lot more newbies getting a G12, or other G series, and they have lots of basic photography questions. I thought they might be interested in this blog on Wired about a DIY light box. There are lots of helpful sites that have the same or similar DIY projects, but this one is nicely done for the newbie, so I thought I would share it.

http://howto.wired.com​/wiki/Build_a_Photo_Li​ght_Box

Dennis

Thanks a lot for the link. Ive always wanted to do something like this

Such devices can be helpful but an understanding of different lighting qualities should be the foundation. For instance there's a big mistake right in the first sentence.

You can't shoot most jewelry well with just a light tent. Cut stones require specular highlights to bring out detail, range of color and "life". You need both broad diffused light and point source light.

These are handy for shooting a few very reflective items but by and large are a shortcut utilized by studio product guys who need to pound through a large quantity of 'wigets-on-white'. The vast majority of photographs benefit from finessed lighting with a dynamic range of contrast.

pwdieter wrote in post #11769317
Such devices can be helpful but an understanding of different lighting qualities should be the foundation..

Zone System FTW.