Lighting LIGHTBOX - A tutorial

great idea!! thank you for sharing!

 

oh this helps alot thank you 3

 

Does this mean a $100 camera will be good enough to take dolly pictures? I need a new camera and cannot afford much at the mo.

 

Thank you, Mechakal, I'm definitely going to make that light box.

 

Awesome, great idea! Thanks so much for share it!

 

This is really usefull thing to have. Would someonetake pics Without lightbox and with it, so we can see clear difference?

 

Wow this is a great thread.

 

i might try out your tutorial, since i am having picture problems. thank you very much.

 

It's a great idea. Thanks

 

this is amazing!! Thank you so much for posting this!

 

Would anyone else be willing to post pictures of some that you've made? maybe to give me an idea for other things you can use as backgrounds that look nice and not super cheesy

 

This is great I will have to make one sometime soon! I always struggle to find light and a solid surface with anything I'm photographing!

 

Need to make one of these.

 

Thank you !

 

well, i guess it's time to clean out my garage and find a suitable box! my biggest problem is lighting. my house has POOR lighting and not enough windows, but i might be able to pick up some portable lights to use. thanks for sharing!

 

What a great idea! I will definitely have to try this!

 

I'm definitely making myself a lightbox sometime soon. Thank you!

 

this is a really good idea i might try it thanks~

 

This is great! I always have issues creating a proper setup for photoshoots!

 

aye ! I wanna try doing it too. But what kind of light are softer ? As in not too hot or too bright to damage the resin ?

 

awesome idea for my dark + bad lighting room.

 

Most of the lights I've used are so harsh that they will create reflection on any surface. The answer I found is to use very fine/airy white fabric on the sides of your box. It buffers some of the light and gives a really good soft natural glow onto your subject. I've not tried white vellum or tissue paper but I may check that out.

 

I'll be trying this out as soon as I get moved. It'll be nice to have a place to take pics of the crew inside. Though I don't give it a long life with the group of wild animals I have living with me. They appear as small and loving cats, but are beasts in the night! :

 

What does non-sun light do to a resin doll? I always thought it was only sunlight that could damage them? Do photography lights have an effect as well? And what is the effect? yellowing?

 

Awesome! I'm going to make this! Thanks for the idea

 

I finally got around to making my own light box (after having subbed this thread YEARS ago lol). I need to get a "natural light" bulb yet but I'm happy how it turned out. I made pieces of cardboard to fit on the wall and floor (out of the left overs) to be removable. That way I can have up to 4 paper color options to change them out. I could make more with more cardboard. I can't wait to get a proper light bulb and take some awesome pictures. These are from my cell so they aren't great nor am I even a decent photographer but I'm hoping this'll help.

 

Thankyou very much!

 

So helpfull!
thank you for sharing :3

 

Thanks for the tutorial, it saved my life this week! The weather's been so bad and the light in my apartment's been terrible, I was trying to figure out how in the world I could get decent photos for class XD

 

This is amazing, I keep talking myself out of buying one.

 

Just awesome! Thank you so much!

 

I am going to try this finally! I was playing with this idea for some time already but yeah, this tut kicked me to make it! Thanks!

 

This is amazing; thank you!

 

Thank you for this tutorial! I can't wait to try it out.

 

Great idea! Thank you for tutorial!

 

Great tutorial! Going to be completing this project today! Thank You!~ ^o^

 

this tutorial is really helpful, thank you very much n_n

 

Thanks! I'll have to try this when I can find a big box. I do have a question, does the shape or size of the box affect the quality of the light box? Would a more retangular box work just as well?

 

Thank you for the useful tutorial!

 

Thank you for the tutorial ! I find that how to have a better light to make beautiful photos I know how to do now ^ ^

 

This is brilliant! And so simple.

 

Great idea! Thank you!

 

That's amazing tutorial Thank you for sharing.

 

I made a version of a lightbox using the same methods but out of foam board to make it larger and able to collapse for storage. Super happy for this tutorial.

 

I'll definitely try this out in the future, it'd be nice not to have to depend on the sun to take photos

 

Totally would try this! Thanks!

 

light boxes are *so* useful...omg. It makes my terrible cellphone camera look kinda good!

 

never thought to use some an important box to make it for my dolls photography ... thanks for the tutorial great idea ♡

 

What an inspiring tutorial. Thank you for sharing. Shall reference this in the future

 

This is great!!

I'll make a lightbox,too.
Thank you !!

 

This is wondrous! Thanks so much for posting. So, you place the lights directly facing the vellum/paper covered walls? And avoid letting in direct light from the front and top?

 

Oh this is so useful!! Thank you

 

Thank you! I was wondering how to bring my doll more light, becausemy room is very dark...this is really helpful!!