Wow! This seems more complicated than taking landscape photography!
But it would be handy to know how to get nice still life photos!
Wow! This seems more complicated than taking landscape photography!
But it would be handy to know how to get nice still life photos!
Nah, not that complicated. I would think, that if I had a sunny day with the sun right above, I wouldn't need the lights, only the box, or a white umbrella would do the trick. But since we live in a country with almost no sunlight in the winter, I will need extra lights.
I built the box with three windows just so that I could accurately control the amount of light coming in on whatever I am shooting photos of.
So in the photos in this post, I used the floodlights on the sides, and the flash from the top window. In the top-down photo of the donuts, the flash was positioned towards the West window, and the floodlights pointed at the North and East windows.
I haven't tried it yet, but with this much light, taking a photo with a smartphone would also result in a relatively good photo. I think I might try that out next!
Thanks for sharing the information. But instill have to learn about lighting.
Yep! My iPhone needs strong light to make nice photos.