lenore created a photography light tent out of an ikea lamp shade. shooting a small object inside the light tent minimizes reflections, shadows and backgrounds. brilliant!
all you need is a skimra lamp shade with a hole on its side for your camera lens to peep through. the lampshade is already a diffuser and the curved surface provides the seamless background. it gets pretty good shots too (see samples below).
see more of the evil mad scientist's lampshade light tent.
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ikeahacker on nyt!
much thanks to penelope for the wonderful feature on ikea hacking and this blog. i am absolutely thrilled to read their stories and 'see' some of the hackers! click here to read the article and view slideshow. yes, there's a bit about the real me too. :)
Congratulations! I read the article this morning - quite a large one. I love your site. I wrote a post about the article with a link to you on my blog - Design Hole.
ReplyDeleteNow I've just got to send you my own hacks (which I've been meaning to get to).
Congrats on the article!! I was so excited to see it and proud to be a long-time fan. By providing a showcase for all of these creative projects, your blog provides a great service. Thanks again.
ReplyDeletethanks jennifers! it's been great running this blog. and glad that you are enjoying it.
ReplyDeleteJennifer,
ReplyDeleteYou need to back the lights away from the shade a bit. Your highlights [lightest portion of image] are "blown out," meaning there's no detail in them, they're overexposed.
Just back the lights away from the shade about 6" to 8" [15 to 20cm] and you'll gain detail in the white background.
HTH,
Sal B
Jules,
ReplyDeleteI read the article, and was so suprised that you are from "Boleh"-land.
I am so proud of you. Keep up the good work.
What a great article! I'm so pleased for you!
ReplyDeleteSuch a great site deserves the attetion!
Congrats on the NYT article. It's fun to see a site like this out there. At CalArts we were all about this sort of thing. Good times!
ReplyDeleteThanks again, *blush*
ReplyDeleteyes, malaysia boleh!
boleh means 'can' in the malay language.
Great article, I'm so glad I found this blog!! Particularly love the lamp shade light tent, that'll be GREAT for jewelry photography... I imagine a lot of etsy folks can use the tip, I know I will!!
ReplyDeleteThat is such a clever idea.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks!
Congratulations! :)
ReplyDeleteWe have the same camera. That's a neat trick. Will try it soon. Thanks.