"Home Made Photo Studio - What a Huge Difference!" Topic

Another Sunday night spent updating my blog. Check out the new and improved photography using a home made light box/diffuser. This post is in celebration of a quarter million page views. I hope you will enjoy a quick visit to the madness that is collecting toy soldiers from the early days of the hobby: link

You're a wiz with a camera.

Thanks Major Mike. I worked as a professional for many years, but it was all pre-digital and I never did product photography, especially not small stuff. There has been a lot to learn. The difuser box is such a simple trick though. It took less than an hour to make and the results are such an improvement, especially with these high gloss figures.

I really liked this and would love to know more about the tech details. I had a string of 35mm SLRs, but the best was something called a Dental Eye II by Yashica. It had a ring flash, motor drive, macrolens, x2 attachment lens etc and I bought it for over £800.00 GBP back in 1989. (well a slush fund did, let us say). I pressed on with it, taking slide transparencies, and even bought a slide digitiser (well the slush fund did).

But even I went digital. Checked online and it is now worth about £35.00 GBP in top condition (mine was). I gave it to a local charity shop last year, in its original box and with its receipt. Obsolete technology.

Really inspired by your set-up. I must reinvest in lighting.

You needn't invest much. Aly Morrison gets great results with a setup similar to this one (linked below) for a mere $45. USD Mine is a bare bones setup; a very old Nikon D40 with just the standard 35-50mm lens. The photo floods are super cheap and just use a standard LED bulb. I stop it down to f22 and use the self timer to make sure the camera doesn't shake during the long exposure.

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