{"id":868,"date":"2011-08-23T04:49:27","date_gmt":"2011-08-23T04:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/creationsbychristina.net\/?p=868"},"modified":"2012-08-16T08:08:35","modified_gmt":"2012-08-16T08:08:35","slug":"light-defusing-photo-booth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christinamleedesigns.com\/?p=868","title":{"rendered":"Light Defusing Photo Booth"},"content":{"rendered":"

How to make a Light Defusing Photo Booth.<\/span><\/h2>\n

Taking photos of your art work is a whole other art. Good photos will help sell your work, bad photos will turn people away from purchasing your work. Good photos will give you a better chance of being juried into art shows.<\/span><\/h3>\n

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Several companies sell photo booths for very expensive prices.\u00a0 As a beginning artist\u00a0 purchasing an expensive booth is not an option.\u00a0 So you can make a simple light defusing booth, rather inexpensively.<\/span><\/h3>\n

A plastic Rubbermaid file box with three desk lamps shining through the plastic (defused light) makes an very good light box for a very reasonable price.\u00a0 Place one light on each side of the box and one above the box.\u00a0\u00a0 You can also place a 4th lamp behind the box if desired.\u00a0 The file box cost me $10 or $12 at Wal-mart or you can probably find one at an office supply store.\u00a0 The desk lamps are about $10.00 each.\u00a0 I have those on my work bench already, because I like lots of light when I work.\u00a0 Use a hanging file box as it is square.\u00a0 Other Rubbermaid containers have rounded corners and may not work as well.<\/span><\/h3>\n

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I stand the box on it\u2019s end and set it on my work bench and put a piece of gray felt in it and place the piece of jewelry on the felt.\u00a0 I turn the flash off on the camera.\u00a0 Glass jewelry will have a reflective glare if not.\u00a0 If the pic is a bit dark because of no flash, I can always lighten it a bit in the photo program.\u00a0 (As a note, I use Picasa by Google as photo organizing and editing program.\u00a0 It is free, just go to google.com and download it.)<\/span><\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/a>Close up of jewelry inside the box.<\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/a>Finished pic of necklace.<\/span><\/h3>\n

I usually take 8 or 10 pics, then choose the ones I like best.\u00a0 I take pics of the completed necklace and a close ups of my handmade beads or fused glass focal pieces.<\/span><\/h3>\n

As an added note, a gray background is the best colored background to use.\u00a0 I have tried other colors.\u00a0 Black is good, only if you have a piece of artwork that is very brightly colored.\u00a0 Otherwise black will just absorb your artwork and it will not show up in your photos.\u00a0 White is to bright of a back ground and will detract from your artwork.\u00a0 Tan is a second best color, next to gray, but can show up with a orange tent using no flash.\u00a0 Through trial and error, I have discovered gray is the best background to use and a piece of felt is very inexpensive, and brings out the best of your artwork.
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\"\"<\/a>Close up of my handmade beads in the Necklace
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Close up of 2 fused glass pendants I made, strung on Sterling Silver wire with my handmade beads and Sterling Silver beads.<\/span><\/h3>\n

Note in all of the above pics the piece of jewelry stands out very clearly on the gray background, no matter what the color, blue, green, red, black purple, gold, or teal.<\/span><\/h3>\n

Hope this article helps you take the best pics of your art work.\u00a0 If you have questions about photographing your artwork feel free to ask.\u00a0 Christina<\/span><\/h3>\n

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How to make a Light Defusing Photo Booth. Taking photos of your art work is a whole other art. Good photos will help sell your work, bad photos will turn people away from purchasing your work. Good photos will give you a better chance of being juried into art shows. 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