I was assuming that one could go to a photo/studio supply place and buy a pre-made light tent/box for macro staging, I was figuring such an arrangement might retail in the $200+ range, but after looking around- home-built seems to be the going thing, and yeah spending much more than about $50 in materials for that project shouldn't be needed, but neither is a $1000-$2000 camera as your point and shoot shots show wombat- although the G-10 isn't exactly cheap, and I have to say- the lighting on those could be better ;-)

 

card board box light box FTW!!!!


http://photography-on-the.net/forum/...ight=cardboard

 

Michael's for the 20x30 foam core, some tape, some wax paper for the panels (so they lights don't light them on fire), 2 lights from Walmart:

Shot with 5dmk2 and 24-70L on a tripod

 

Whaaaaa? Better than a $15 IKEA lamp? Blasphemy! And yes, my camera is on the higher range for a P&S but they can be had inexpensively now, even new it was cheaper than just the body of a DSLR (not including lens, etc) and I did take a few of these shots with my wife's $149 camera (SD1200IS I think, could be wrong) - but I liked the ones from the G10 better as the light was warmer. The shots from her camera were brighter - you may like them better actually.

Awesome setup and this is along the lines of what I was talking about, but that is a HUGE amount of light (left of left piggy is washed out yet there's shadows between them). Maybe something to reflect a little light downward onto them? Anyway, awesome!!

 

My Canon XSi w/kit lens. (most won't believe me though)

My watch


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