Bulbs, £1.99 Asda Lamps, and Baz's Home Studio!

I know a lot of people have been impressed with Baz's 'home studio' setup for taking still life stuff. Whilst I haven't built one of his (I have a cheapo eBay light tent I use), one of the biggest problems has been lighting. £1.99 Asda table lamps are fine, but the white balance is blinking awful and getting enough light on the subject is difficult and often results in long exposures.

So I bought myself a couple of these puppies (the bulb) and stuck em in my lamps!



BLINDING!

50W Daylight bulbs, with a standard large screw thread!

What a difference. The shot below was on auto white balance. No colour correction in photoshop, just a little crop, sharpen, and paint out the corners as the background didn't come out completely white all over.



What d'ya think?

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I like it. Beautifully clear and sharp. Lovely and simple. Your daylight bulb worked a treat

Think I'm off to the shops later to get some

Inspirational

Spot on

Where did ya get em from? (The bulbs)

Marcel said:

Where did ya get em from? (The bulbs)

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Got em from this dude who also sells on eBay.

Available in three 'strengths'. I went for the strongest 50W ones, the theory being if I melted a lamp, they are only cheapo Asda ones.

HTH

Great shot and thinks for sharing the info.

Mick.