photo light box

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Permalink Reply by Cyreathia Reyer on March 16, 2011 at 12:08pm

I use one that I purchases from e-bay.  It came with a small cube and a larger cube.  They work pretty good.  The main thin is defusing your light source.  You can also pick one up fairly inexpensively at (my candy store) Harbor Freight.  When my kids moved out I took over one of the rooms in the basement as my "woman cave".  I have the light box on a dresser in the closet and it works pretty good in there.  You will have to play around with the lighting, sometimes if I don't have the lights just right the blacks look brownish.  Hope this helps

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Permalink Reply by Larry Berman on March 16, 2011 at 12:12pm

What's a photo light box? If you're talking about using a white backlight background, it won't work for jury images, but a neutral graduated or black background will. I use a 20 inch EZCube with studio strobes and 60 inch white umbrellas. That gives me diffused light to work with. The advantage of using an EZCube is that the top opens and you can easily suspend things that are better photographed suspended.

Larry Berman
http://BermanGraphics.com
412-401-8100

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Permalink Reply by Cyreathia Reyer on March 16, 2011 at 12:19pm

Amy, you can also download  Picasa - it is a free download from google. Below is one of your pictures I touched up using Picasa.

 

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Permalink Reply by Amy Palmer on March 16, 2011 at 12:31pm

thanks Cynthia!

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Permalink Reply by Amy Palmer on March 16, 2011 at 12:28pm

Thanks everyone for the information! 

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Permalink Reply by Calie Maes on March 16, 2011 at 1:40pm

We have a ez cube too.  We got ours from tabletopstudio.com.  They where really easy to deal with and they have several different options available.

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Permalink Reply by Amy Palmer on March 16, 2011 at 2:08pm

Thanks Calie!

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Permalink Reply by Annette Piper on March 16, 2011 at 6:23pm

I have two purchased pop up lightboxes but tend to use my homemade one in natural light more.  

 

Its simple to make - you need two sheets of white cardboard, one of them quite heavy for the base.   Cut the heavy one in half then with the lighter weight cardboard, cut an inch long slit every inch or two along the long side.  Bend the slits back.  Then sit it in a semi circle on the base board with the slit pieces towards the back lying flat and tape them  down.  

 

I've found this catches the light and bounces it back well when used near a window (but not in direct sun) and gives you access to various views of the piece to photograph (top, semi-sides, front). 

 

I also place the item to photograph on a sheet of white paper which I can move around and slightly up the side if the piece is photographed at eye level so that you don't see the join between the two cardboard sheets (which can cast a small shadow).  You can always throw away the white sheet of paper if it gets marks on it and it keeps the base board clean.

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Permalink Reply by Larry Berman on March 16, 2011 at 10:12pm

Are you photographing your jewelry on white for jury slides or just for your web site. Jewelry on a white background is the kiss of death in the jury room as it blinds the jurors.

Larry Berman
http://BermanGraphics.com
412-401-8100

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Permalink Reply by Annette Piper on March 16, 2011 at 10:22pm

I'm in Australia Larry, we don't have juries  (we don't have many art fairs either!)  so mine is just for website use and my records.

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Permalink Reply by Amy Palmer on March 17, 2011 at 9:07am

I am just asking for general use, I realize that the white is a no-no, thanks!  :)

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Permalink Reply by Calie Maes on March 17, 2011 at 9:14am

If you buy it all in a "kit" it comes with backgrounds and the correct lighting. That is why we paid the extra money for the kit. We are jewellery too not photographers. We needed it to be fool proof. Good luck.

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