If you are serious about product photography, you can’t get around using a good light tent. Essentially a large diffusor through which you can send light in order to create soft, even lighting, a light tent is a pretty simple device - but they retail at stupid prices from photography stores.
So, we had a look around on the Internet if we managed to find a cheaper solution. Mission successful. Read the rest of the article »
Tired of harsh flash, but not feeling like paying up for an expensive flash diffuser? There are dozens of way you can accomplish this yourself, but few are as cheap as the version Ed Perchick has cobbled together - built out of a plastic milk jug! Read the rest of the article »
Andreas Krautwald has built a simple hood which attaches to a MAGlite. It is a very low-tech solution to the problem of lighting, but it is powerful enough to use for creating a handy, soft light in connection with macro photography and similar. Read the rest of the article »
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