Taking Pics

[greatlakeswaterjet]

I read Mr. Coop's post on the light box and ran out and built one tonight. I wanted to do this for the pics I need for my new website. These were taken without a tripod and are the first attempt. What do ya think? What to improve?

 

[greatlakeswaterjet]

A few more.

 

[J.S. Carter]

Great Job! those pics look good!

 

[jll346]

I need to make one so bad!

 

[fitzo]

I recommend you post your fotos in the Photography forum on KNET, requesting a constructive critique. Buddy and Coop can make the appropriate suggestions to correct the small flaws.

 

[Phil Dwyer]

Hey David,

Thanks for starting this thread. I've been looking to figure this stuff our too. Looks like you've got a good start. Seems to me, in addition to lighting, a steady/still camera and good composition, that the quality of the camera itself must have a lot to do with it. Of course, then there's the managing of the digital data image file size and resolutions, etc. Piece of cake!

Mike, Thanks for the photo forum tip on knife net. Looks like I'll be able to learn a lot there.

All the best, Phil

 

[4ever3]

Those look good David ! I read that thread a couple of weeks ago and built the light bar and wow what a difference light placement can make. I had already built a light box but when I moved the lights to where Coop had his, bingo bango presto! Same lights same everything, the first pic is where I uesd to put the lights and the second is where Coop showed.

 

[greatlakeswaterjet]

Looking good! Love the bluejean. I'm just trying to produce good pics for the new website we are working on. Didn't mean to start another hobby Thats just what I need is something else to loose sleep over.

 

[Dan Pierson]

Seems to me, in addition to lighting, a
steady/still camera and good composition, that the quality of the camera
itself must have a lot to do with it.

When Coop showed us how to make one of these at Wulf's hammer in in VT
last summer he used all of his top end SLR (with his professional lightbox), his
pocket camera (with the cheap lightbox) and a random camera from a woman
in the audience (with the cheap lightbox). You could tell the difference all
the way down the line, but even the last produced better results than most
of us are used to.

He hand held all the cameras. For the SLR (Canon 5D as I recall) he uses
50mm 1.4 and 100mm fix focal length lenses. Says that they give better
results than zooms for this type of picture. They're cheaper too.

Actually, the only really expensive item in his full professional setup was the
camera body. The box was a bigger piece of artists velum stretched over a
PVC pipe frame. The shadow reflectors were mylar and plastic (e.g. a sheet
of reflective mylar on a plastic cookbook holder) and movable. The lights
looked exotic, but they were a 20-30 year old professional flash rig that he
said you can get on eBay for around $300.

 

[4ever3]

Didn't mean to start another hobby Thats just what I need is something else to loose sleep over.

Thanks David, I know what you mean about the other hobby though