Lightboxing
Comments(0) 
Just a quick note on how I took the “identity” shots in one of the previous posts.
After running around the house, trying to find something to build a DIY lightbox/tent out of I stumbled on a picnic thermal box, the one you’d normally use to keep your beer cold ;) Other than it being a bit on the small side it was near perfect. All white, rounded corners and easy to clean (although there was no yellow/brown residue) ;)
I couldn’t get my flash inside the way I wanted so I grabbed hold of a flourescent reading light and stuck it in there. I had to adjust for awful white balance but it did the trick. Nice diffused light, just the way I wanted it. The only slight problem was the
fact that flourescent bulbs don’t always emmit the same color light and you will get some shot-to-shot variations in white balance.
setup shot with autoWB on Canon A80 and my test subject inside
