built a light box ---> test shot of a redbull can

[TwoJ's]

I'm going to have to find some of that shit. Do you buy it at grocery stores or convenient stores or what?

[YAN-3]

right now i have only seen it at the on base stores. off base they still dont have it. BUT, if you go to Red Bulls US website they have info i think on it and adverts

[lylefk]

Seems like there are some odd reflections in the first shot...do you have light sources that aren't behind a white sheet? Looks good overall though, I made one very similar to it a couple of years ago...

[gearheadE30]

That's very cool. I may have to attempt to do this myself.

OT, but I was in Germany over the summer, miss it really bad. I have no idea why you moved back over here....

[YAN-3]

Seems like there are some odd reflections in the first shot...do you have light sources that aren't behind a white sheet? Looks good overall though, I made one very similar to it a couple of years ago...

please elaborate... what are u suggesting?

[Stephen]

Cool box, might have to try it sometime

[eyagel]

sick, i wish i could take pictures like you, mind giving me some tips haha

[lylefk]

There's just some hot spots on the can...looks like a focused, small light source...that make sense?

[z50_Jumper]

Love the light box.

[Hartge_H27]

damn i will have to build one of those.

[SFGadgetGuy]

Looks good, I did something similar with material from Micheal's. I was thinking about making a larger light box using white bed sheet to diffuse the light. Ikea sells flat sheets for cheap and you can make a whole box with one sheet depending on the size.

[YAN-3]

There's just some hot spots on the can...looks like a focused, small light source...that make sense?

no how do i distribute the light more evenly and kill the hot spot?

[speedminded]

ahh i don't know for the long term, but for now i want to shoot a series of S14 and e30 M3 specific parts and then frame them over my couch... as for sleeping on the floor, LOL I just moved from Germany to Cali and my stuff hasn't come in yet, so for the last week, ive been sleeping on a crappy air mattress yes! I used thick (2mm) poster/foam board and translucent card stock for the diffuser windows on the sides and on top. as for the black background, a simple thin (the thinner the better as i learned) poster board. all from Michaels arts and crafts store. the local Photo store out here had a "professional light box" (made in china) that cost almost $120. i made mine for a bit under $50. and the quality is much better than the Chinese stuff.

Here is the second shot i took. i added the text of course, but man, i like it. almost looks worthy of a magazine add.. no?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...Cola_add-1.jpg

Looks great :up:

Now you gotta try this...using the black poster board lay a sheet of glass or plexi-glass over it then put a high quality model car on top...

[Gr00v3]

i did the same thing about a year ago, cost less than 40 bucks total and made it alot simpler. here's some samples of my work.





and my setup



please excuse the shallow depth of field, i didn't have a tripod that low at the time to allow for longer exposures

here's more work throughout this thread

http://r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=81755

[Gr00v3]

oh, and this is my all time favorite shot i've ever taken in the box



i took it for my gf and she loved it as well