Photographing the "works"!

[new2woodwrk]

I'm testing out several home made "lightbox" methods and in doing so I've made a "Eureka" discovery.

The setup:

I'm using the same product piece to test the outcomes - the  plate I made a few weeks ago:

First picture of the product - background is brown paper I use for covering my benches:

I built the first lightbox this morning out of a cardboard box and a white sheet.

This is the product placed in the first lightbox - background white sheet:

Here is my "Eurka" moment - while doing research for building a lightbox, I found this website: fotofuze.com. It's free to sign up, and they have a "pro" version you can pay for - but I'm cheap and I like free!

I uploaded the photo from the first lightbox, followed their instructions (which took all of about 10 seconds or less) and here is the result:

I think I'm liking this a lot!

Thoughts?

Thanks in advance for reading and offering your comments.

 

 

 

[kmmcrafts]

8 minutes ago, new2woodwrk said:

I'm testing out several home made "lightbox" methods and in doing so I've made a "Eureka" discovery.

The setup:

I'm using the same product piece to test the outcomes - the  plate I made a few weeks ago:

First picture of the product - background is brown paper I use for covering my benches:

I built the first lightbox this morning out of a cardboard box and a white sheet.

This is the product placed in the first lightbox - background white sheet:

Here is my "Eurka" moment - while doing research for building a lightbox, I found this website: fotofuze.com. It's free to sign up, and they have a "pro" version you can pay for - but I'm cheap and I like free!

I uploaded the photo from the first lightbox, followed their instructions (which took all of about 10 seconds or less) and here is the result:

I think I'm liking this a lot!

Thoughts?

Thanks in advance for reading and offering your comments.

 

 

 

My wife purchased a lightbox from Amazon for my birthday several years ago.. While it was a great start.. the thing was made of cloth material.. and i had a hard time keeping the wrinkles from creating shadows and other distracting elements in the photos.. So.. I made just a cardboard box.. cut a large window in the sides..and taped white tissue paper over the windows.. I use the tripod lights that my Amazon lightbox came with to shine light through the windows.. I then bought a plastic poster board to tape to the top in the back and let it drape down with a natural curve at the back.. This has been by far the best box I've used so far.. Short of it being a little on the small side for photos of my "large" portrait cuttings ( 11 x 14 inch) .. I plan to get a larger box this year for the larger projects..

I do use the fotofuse web site.. and I have the pro version because I have over 2000 photos.. It is linked directly to my Etsy shop so once I edit the photos it will edit them for my automatically to my etsy shop.. That said.. I only recently went with the pro version because of my Handmade@Amazon site requires a certain size photo.. and fotofuze did that automatically for me.. with the upgrade.. it also resized the etsy photos for a nice large image when one hits the zoom button.. I think it's well worth the $5 for the larger photos. Once the photos are uploaded to the sites.. I can drop back to the free version..    

[Dan]

Good job. There are many methods to get the same result. With most you can eliminate the need for accessing the internet and with many others you can eliminate post-processing with very good results. But find what works fir you. 

[crupiea]

I use a piece of white or black foam backer. I lay it on the floor and put the item on it and stand over it and take the pics.  Seems to help get a nice straight angle without too much hassle. Tried hanging them on the wall but it never works out right.

[Scrappile]

Personally I think that picture, because of the light wood, needs a dark background.  I am not expert so test it.  My little photo box came with a gray and blue back ground interchangeable.  And of coarse there is a lot of personal preference in play with this like most things.

[Rockytime]

Photography was my passion for many years. I shot with everything from a 4X5 Busch, twin lens Rolli, and everything on. For publication I agree quality photos are essential. The only camera I have now is my Samsung cell phone. How I love the new technology. When shooting inanimate objects I shoot them outside in natural light.