Light Box Product Photography Tips :)

Big-Mac-Please · 9 Mar 2012 at 13:48

Hello All,

I've got a simple light box kit, only a cheap one off ebay just to have a play with. I've taken this quick picture while my son's asleep.

Nikon 50mm F/1.8D by ElegantSpoon, on Flickr

If anyone could offer me any tips or links to some good info on how to learn / improve that would be great!

Thanks,
Big Mac

ishamy · 9 Mar 2012 at 14:16

Hi there, that's looking pretty good. What kind of box is it? does it have built in lights or do you shoot through with an off camera flash? A picture of your set-up could maybe help a little as well as the gear you are using.

A tip for focusing manually is by switching to live view and zooming in on precisely what you want in focus depending on your DOF/F number. A tripod is a must aswell.

I built my own and had loads of fun experimenting with it, changing the angle of the flash and diffusing the light differently etc.

If your interested my post is Here

Big-Mac-Please · 9 Mar 2012 at 17:10

Thanks for the reply

Ive got just a cheap kit like the one below. It seems alright for a starter and only cost £30 so not much at all.

I will give manual focus a bash as my 50mm was struggling with focusing on my iPhone.

I'll give that link a read

Big-Mac-Please · 9 Mar 2012 at 18:17

I love that 10-20 image you did, looks spot on!

theheyes · 9 Mar 2012 at 22:03

I always manual focus with stuff like this. I really miss live view on the 5D sometimes.

ishamy · 10 Mar 2012 at 17:09

Hi there just another few wee tips,

Use a remote for triggering the shutter, if you don't have one use either a 2 or 10 second delay to avoid any camera shake.

Im not familiar with Nikon kit but fid the sweet f number for your lens and use that, canon kit lense is around f8 for me.

And lastly have fun

Big-Mac-Please · 10 Mar 2012 at 19:18

I have a remote thanks

Well a bulbs gone on one of the lights so not had chance to have another go!