Thread: Light Box that most people have

I'm no photography expert or anything but mostly what the light box is doing (if I understand it right) is diffusing the light. The microwave idea is pretty cool but your getting too much off your lamp. Try putting some tissue paper between the light and what your lighting up that would help eliminate those bright spots.

Just a suggestion,

Michael

Thanks - Ill see what I can do. I think i also need light from both direction not just one side.

Originally Posted by simpleman

Thanks - Ill see what I can do. I think i also need light from both direction not just one side.

As a budding photo amateur, I don't know much, but I can tell you this:

You need a good light source, an umbrella or reflector to diffuse and direct the light on your subject as needed or desired, and the right background. This can be as simple as a home depot work lamp with a 500 watt bulb, a $35 handheld reflector, and a bed sheet or curtain stapled against the wall and draped over a night stand. Plenty you can do short of a full-blown pro studio setup....

There's some real good free websites about learning photography, you can google terms like "what is aperture" or "digital photo lighting". I've found it very valuable to understand things aperture, exposure, shutter speed, etc., - also settings you might want to play around with in your stills. Oh, and for stills of razors and so on - little tripod!