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Lightbox Photography

this-one-time-at-bandcamp — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 17:05:23 GMT

My daughter needed a photo table for her photo classes, so I got out my trusty tools and built this:

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this-one-time-at-bandcamp — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 17:23:43 GMT

Basically it's a 2-foot square plywood box, with a glass cover. A strobe light is positioned inside, triggered by an infrared remote.

Different backgrounds are positioned behind the box, and images like this can be achieved.

One of her assignments........

In this case, the interior strobe was disabled, and two external strobes were employed.

This shot uses the intenal strobe, to actually light the bottle from the inside:

To create a shadowless image, we use a light tent, like this:

The strobes or light box illuminates through the side walls..........

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this-one-time-at-bandcamp — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 17:36:28 GMT

Here's yet another device for those interested in creative photography..........

I designed it to enable me to photograph water splashes, like this:

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tcmsecretuseid — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 19:20:35 GMT

Cheap digital camera, Point and click.

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tcmsecretuseid — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 20:25:36 GMT

I think I owe you an apology for that, band.

Your daughter is extremely talented, and her artistry is amazing. Your photos have always made me think that you must be a pro.

I have great admiration and respect for artistic talent. I have studied other aspects of art, but never photography.

My flippant response was supposed to be funny, and I hope you laughed.

That box is a very clever contraption.

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this-one-time-at-bandcamp — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 21:12:14 GMT

No biggie..........you simply demonstrated that a vital ingredient in the recipe of photography is a good imagination.

The kid kinda leans toward the commercial end of photography........in high school her senior project was taking portraits for those kids who couldn't afford a $400 session with a professional.......she was the sports photographer for the yearbook, and has been paid for around a dozen weddings she photographed. I am always harping on her about taking her camera with her, but she uses the cell phone camera.

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fayekinnitt — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 21:15:34 GMT

I like the effects from the light box, but I love the water splash photos. Is the set-up for slow motion photography?

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this-one-time-at-bandcamp — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 21:32:13 GMT

If you're talking about water splash images, then no........the quicker the shutter speed, the better. Inside, using the strobes, the fastest shutter speed you can use is 1/320. Outdoors, minus the strobes, you can by increasing the ISO, get the shutter speed up to 1/1200 or greater. It can be quite frustrating, either too early or too late............here is one that was just right......

The drop has hit the water surface, but is still intact........I called it "Death of a Star"........

As far as slow shutter speeds goes........you can fiddle with it to get atmosphere.......

This image, done by my daughter used an extremely slow shutter speed, in an attempt to get a good visual of smoke from the cigar........to no avail. The money was the result of copying images from a website, the card packet was created by using images from the 1860's..........

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fayekinnitt — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 22:21:44 GMT

Yes, I was referring to the water splash. Thanks for the info - I'm going to try it one of these days. "Death of a Star" is way cool, too.

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annies_fancy_dress — Mon, 23 Jun 2014 10:20:53 GMT

I've been using a light tent(studio cube) for years.

Tried to get one locally at first , but nobody in any of the camera shops i called knew what one was.

Bought one on Ebay.

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annies_fancy_dress — Mon, 23 Jun 2014 10:22:09 GMT

Mind you, my photography is generally atrocious, but the cube helps lots!