Comments on: DIY Light Box

By: utube yotube yutube

utube yotube yutube — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 04:42:40 +0000

dun sa plugin u can try to use Jquery ung thickbox.. ewan ko lang kung may plugin na ganito sa wordpress

By: ej

ej — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 15:20:37 +0000

cool! thanks for the tip! this is definitely easier than this one -> http://www.flickr.com/photos/katrinasalvador/635785421/in/photostream/

By: Shutter Box Philippines

Shutter Box Philippines — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 07:02:05 +0000

Hi Abe!

I thought for a moment you shifted to the dark side hahaha… then I noticed that it was just a typo.. “Canon D40″ hehe should’ve been Canon 40D

By: yuga

yuga — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 08:53:00 +0000

@ eric - Glenn is right, and funny that the plugin has the same name

@ luis - thanks a bunch for the tips!

By: Luis Cruz

Luis Cruz — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 03:54:55 +0000

More tips…

Look for CFL bulbs - they will give you almost daylight white light, are really bright, consume less energy

If you wanna stick with the tungsten bulbs, put your white balance on tungsten. That way the color on your shots will stay consistent.

If you have a strobe you can use off-camera, put it on top of the box, or bounce it from the front to the top… or even use it inside the box (I do that sometimes)

Use pieces of black or white paper or even small mirrors to block or reflect / bounce light - this will help you control shadows

That’s all I have for now. Enjoy!

By: Glenn

Glenn — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 23:17:00 +0000

He’s using lightbox - a light javascript to overlay images instead of the usual popups

I find this funny, it talks about making a lightbox and the pictures use lightbox.js for the “pop-up” effect.

you can implement the same effect on your blogs/photo galleries.

http://www.huddletogether.com/projects/lightbox/

By: eric

eric — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 15:47:12 +0000

abe,

anong lugin gamit mo pag nag po popup na yung images?

it looks cool

By: yuga

yuga — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 13:01:30 +0000

@ dave, thanks for the additional tips. I’m still working on the additional lights. I was actually using 60 watts for each side. I think I’m gonna need one from the top or use my speedlite to flood fill the entire box and totally eliminate the shadows.

By: Dave Starr --- ROI Guy

Dave Starr --- ROI Guy — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 11:56:27 +0000

You’re on the right track here … so many bloggers use poorly lighted pictures, expecting the camera to make up for it.

A suggestion is, though, you need a third light. The lights you have on either side shold not be the same wattage. You’ll note on several of your samples there is a shadow on both sides of the subject … this is confusing to the eye.

On one side or the other you put say a 40 watt buld … this is the “key” light, On the opposite side a “fill” light about half the wattage .. this gives a natural lighting look. Then above and behind a “back” light which creates highlights on the top surface of the subject .. adds depth and texture. The back light is typically half the wattage of the fill, as a starting point.

this is a basic “3 point” lighting setup and will ad a lot of ’snap’ to your photos.

Now, if we could only get John Chow to read this … LoL

By: acantos

acantos — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 11:10:49 +0000

nice! i like seeing nice inventions. wow.
*posted using my asus eee* yehey!

By: jayvee f.

jayvee f. — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 07:08:06 +0000

err …

no comment

By: Jaypee

Jaypee — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 06:53:14 +0000

Cool! I’ll try this experiment when I find the time. Thanks for the tip!

By: deuts

deuts — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 06:42:52 +0000

yeah, definitely much better than if there’s no lightbox.

By: Gsas

Gsas — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 04:57:00 +0000

hey yuga! pretty creative there. I just thought maybe I can share a big secret of GuitarTutee here as well, one that’s integral to the website’s success. Here’s our own version of a low cost DIY softbox.

http://www.guitartutee.com/2007/12/30/gts-makeshift-softbox-sharing-a-secret-for-the-new-year/

Thanks!

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Sun, 30 Dec 2007 04:55:01 +0000

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