DIY Light tent/box for macro/product photography
 

decided i want a light tent. I was reminded of those closet shelves that hang from the clothes hanger and that they would work perfect for the tent, so went to have a look

after shopping at ikea, i ended up with this getup
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3395/...e2714c312f.jpg

total bill was a bit over $20 after tax

here are some shots

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3364/...03027c923c.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3658/...c0ee1bf57d.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3556/...509abbfac.jpg?
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3568/...e224b89590.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3329/...6d60f53e37.jpg

the last pic turned out no good

The Charlie Brown one is awesome.

The problem with the beer one is that it isn't open yet. :D

So let's have some details of this rig!

lol I have the same Pelican light from Costco back in the day.

That's actually not to bad!!

Well, I know what I'm doing this weekend :D
PS. IKEA rocks for breakfast. Can't beat their prices!

Looks great!
That Charlie Brown picture is awesome...I love it...

What exactly did you buy at Ikea? just that box you're using as a tent?

Please share...I've been looking into getting something like that to use as a light tent...

Ooooh someone has the LX3...

I think you need a little more light coming from the front, its all side lighting so far.

heres the list of materials i boguht yesterday

Skobb Drawer
2x Largra table lamp
25w bulbs

those tiny 25watt bulbs are not enuff, so i need to flush it with some bright flouresent lighting from the top to make it look good.

I need to head to staples to buy a white bristol board now for a white background so u dont see the actual box.

the only problem with the those lamps. it only uses these ikea bulbs, and i unno how good they are. They ave a white bulb which i will try today

if those are halogen/tungsten bulbs, i'd be concerned about keeping them that close to the material for extended periods of time =x

You fool. That's a LX2.:p

The results aren't too bad! Are you finding any strange colour casts?

but wow
the results are good
guess the girlfriend's idea for a lighttent works well!

nice!

Looks good.

Even cheaper light tent...

http://ikeahacker.blogspot.com/2008/...phy-light.html

I actually made one, it's not bad for straight down shots.

here's the light tent that I bought off dx, comes with 3 other colored backgrounds.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3606/...980d74ca5b.jpg

Unfortunately I haven't gotten a flash for the D90 yet so these pic's are taken with only the one light shining through the side

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3333/...4ce50872fa.jpg

Obligatory Lego shot

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3297/...449735aa10.jpg

^^ only crappy thing is you can see where the material bends...

yeah if I had a flash, it would of just blown that out for me. Another thing i don't like is that things don't sit very well inside the tent. Its also not very stable cause the base isn't flat so its actually kinda rocked to one side.

hey i have the same light tent from DX

same bends too...wonder if it can be ironed out?

i haven't really had the time to play with it yet

yeah people who got the light tent recommended ironing it out, I've just been lazy. I don't use it all that much

in terms of strange colors..not so much
set a custom whitebalance b4 snapping anything fixed alot of weird lighting/color issues

if that made any sense...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3658/...c0ee1bf57d.jpg

This is awesome, Great shots!

BTW, what lens was use for the shots?

Cool!

once i get my wireless triggers,
i can flash thru the box
hehe

i used a 17-55mm f2.8
not the best for this stuff tho...heres 2 more...i did last nite

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3660/...0c810fe434.jpg

and heres a one that i cropped to hell....

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3547/...8517f17120.jpg

How do you like that lens? I was thinking about it, but it wasn't within my budget...

Nice shots! :)