Hi everyone, I made a purchase yesterday of something that I think will help to improve my picture taking abilities. I decided to buy a light box. It had crossed my mind that I could try and build my own but considering my lack of DIY skills and the time it would take to make it, it was much easier just to buy one instead. I picked up this one from Amazon: Light Box
So its a pretty basic model I'd say but I'm only looking to take pictures of nails and related items so I think it fits my needs perfectly. Even handier that it comes in its own carry case too.
So here is an overall view of it with the 2 lights switched on. The carry case it comes in acts as the support to help it stand up also (its the black part at the back).
I've used the white background but it does come with 3 other options; red, black and blue. I think for me personally I'm going to mostly use white and occasionally black. I like that you get the options though.
Here is one of the two lamps provided. They are lightweight but stand up securely on the retractable legs. There is 3 pockets on the front of the carry case to hold the two lamps and a tripod (for your own camera). This really is a portable friendly set up.
I took a couple test shots, one with my macro lens and one without, to see what sort of results I was getting.
Firstly I'm so excited I no longer have to try and deal with the reflection of light that comes from the lamp I had been using for photos. I did notice I had to be careful of the angle I was at for taking this shot as you could see my phones reflection in the tip colour!
Here's the second shot. A nice clean picture in my opinion. I can see the benefits in this shot from using the box. I don't think it was really set up for doing macroshots thanks to the shadow cast by me/my phone trying to get up close, however, it is better than dealing with the round reflection cast from my current light. I can't wait to use this more in the future for all my photos and I hope you'll agree it was a great purchase!
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