New camer and a light box (Pics)

[edco76]

Hi Guys. I got a new camera for Christmas and made me a light box out of a cardboard box today. Here are a couple of pics.




I am going to do some better staged pics later.

 

[Zenobiah]

Fancy!

I wish I didn't have to rely on my horrific cellphone cam. What camera did you get?

 

[Tabitha]

100% x better. I guess I need to build a light box too!

 

[Soapmaker Man]

Me too. There was a cool tutorial one of the guys posted the other day I want to build...need to find it again..

Paul

 

[FSowers]

Great pictures.
I made me a light box also, love it.

 

[Michelle1210]

your soap looks great> what size are your bars? the honey almond looks great, i love the smell of almond. one of my favorite scents.

 

[Soapmaker Man]

Faye, that is just the best soap avatar I've ever seen! That is a winner all the way! Cool!!! 8)

Paul

 

[edco76]

Fancy!

I wish I didn't have to rely on my horrific cellphone cam. What camera did you get?

I got a Fuji S800 8 Mega-Pixel I love it.

 

[edco76]

Me too. There was a cool tutorial one of the guys posted the other day I want to build...need to find it again..

Paul

I actually posted a video walk through using PVC but what I did was after Christmas while throwing boxes away. I kept one. Cut windows out of 4 sides and draped a sheet over. Put some little lamps on each side and thats it.

 

[edco76]

your soap looks great> what size are your bars? the honey almond looks great, i love the smell of almond. one of my favorite scents.

They are between 4-5 oz. I make a Honey-Almond w/Oatmeal that is my favorite bar. Not my favorite FO but to use it is my fav.

 

[morsedillon]

Just a suggestion from someone who does this a lot...

You might try using quite a bit more light. The white sheet/cardboard box method does work incredibly well but you'll get much better results if you get some of those clip-on aluminum dish lamps with some daylight fluorescents. Aim for 100W per lamp, and try to use at least 3 (one on top, one on each side). The fluorescents are great because they won't throw nearly as much heat and the daylight spectrum works well with most point-and-shoot auto white balance settings.

Great start though...goodl uck!