Homemade Light Tent...(pics added)

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I've spent the last couple of days researching and making a light tent.
Mainly because I don't often use my 430exii I wanted something to use it for...
So I made this...


Cardboard box, holes cut into sides.
Covered with Muslin White material.
White craft paper/card as background(sweep)
1 Canon 430exii on a stand.
Canon 50d on a tripod.
Tethered Shooting via Lightroom 3.

Result...





Adjusted the: Exposure, Contrast, Clarity, Saturation and Cropped it.

Found it tricky exposing the background without over exposing the 'models'.
I think its worked ok. Although the background in the second image isn't quite white enough.

Your views please,
Thanks
Ben
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They look great to me, I'm just trying into this now so have no know how what so ever but like the results, and yours look good!
 
Alan_T said:
They look great to me, I'm just trying into this now so have no know how what so ever but like the results, and yours look good!
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Thanks, this was my first go so still playing around with settings.

duttytd said:
Nice matey. How did you expose the background?
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Just using the speedlite. That was the only lightsource :)
 
I have no idea to be honest then haha. With just 1 light source I'm surprised the subjects aren't overexposed.
 
CarlosGilbertos said:
I like it!
It's always nice to see homemade alternatives.

I'd love to get into building some stuff myself, but i've yet to get enough cash to buy a decent flash/trigger yet so it'd be a bit of a waste :D
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Thanks for your comment :)
 
Nice job, I usually add multiple light sources to get rid of shadows for ebay stuff but if you like them then thats fine as well.
 
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