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In the 50's when my mother were in her teens she collected a herbarium, and I'm now thinking about archiving / documenting it.
I'm thinking I'll place each sheet on a matte white background board, then rig a light tent over it. Either use two speedlights, or continuous LED light (ie something like the Godox LSD80). Then rig the camera to shoot down, making sure it is perfectly aligned with the background. My theory is that if I get the setup static and consistent, post-processing will be easy.
I'm hoping the fact that the sheets aren't perfectly flat will add to the images and not be distracting, but that would depend on the lighting I guess.
What do you think about the process and lighting? Any advice on equipment, like light tents or camera tripod / stand? I'm a happy amateur and have never done anything like this, so any advice would be appreciated.
I'm thinking I'll place each sheet on a matte white background board, then rig a light tent over it. Either use two speedlights, or continuous LED light (ie something like the Godox LSD80). Then rig the camera to shoot down, making sure it is perfectly aligned with the background. My theory is that if I get the setup static and consistent, post-processing will be easy.
I'm hoping the fact that the sheets aren't perfectly flat will add to the images and not be distracting, but that would depend on the lighting I guess.
What do you think about the process and lighting? Any advice on equipment, like light tents or camera tripod / stand? I'm a happy amateur and have never done anything like this, so any advice would be appreciated.