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Video: DIY lightbox for product photography – How to

 Posted on July 29, 2012      by admin
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DIY lightbox for product photography - How to
Website: photographySILO.com Follow me on twitter quick tips and ideas http Script Intro: Mediaonela Photography -Weekend photographer -Currently shoot commercial, stock and portrait photography Purpose: As i am at times asked to shoot product photography especially for reflective items it was necessary to create a lightbox to reduce unwanted reflections and ensure wrap around lighting. If you have poor quality product shots due to harsh shadows from direct light or highlights from over exposure..stay tuned. Following this video i will detail a quick how-to on actually taking the photo using the lightbox For this lightbox project you will need the following materials. 1.Arrowhead water box that holds two 2 gallon water containers 2.Ikea bought frosted privacy film for windows 3.box cutter 4.Gaffers tape 5.ruler 6.pen 7.scissors 8.white poster board or any color of your choice for the background 9.3 desk lamps 10.3 Sylvania energy saving 23 watts 120V 60Hz 0.330a Now lets start on the lightbox 1.You will need the arrowhead box 2.the ruler 3.a pen 4.and the box cutter for this step. step 1 place the Arrowhead box with the opening facing you Step 2 You will then need to outline a 1 to two inch border from the edge for the left, right and top Step 3. Now take the box cutter and cut the outline for the 3 sides 1.Step 4. Take the Ikea frosted privacy film and measure to fit each side of the light box from edge to edge and cut it out and prep for application. With the frosted …

7 Comments for Video: DIY lightbox for product photography – How to

OutletEntertainment

tracing paper can accomplish the same thing as the “privacy film”

thatsfornoobs

ikea bought

xraymond10

Privacy film is? Did you say “akiabot” — didn’t understand – thanks.

bossystop

this is genius

PartTimePhotography

Good stuff – I’ll pass this along to all my newsletter subscribers.

BaneMinistry

At first i was skeptical about how the finished result would be, but i gotta admit at 2:54 theres no way you would guess this was a mere cardboard box.

ne14musics

cool! cant wait to make! is it ok if you can write me the exact measurements of the box? and the names of everything? becuz i realy could not hear everything you said



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