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Sun, 2007-03-11 22:56 — Serge664

a couple of us had been talking about ways to get better photos of our work on the cheap.

This tutorial for a DIY light tent was posted on makezine.com and I thought some of you might like to see.

DIY $10 Macro Photo Studio

I made something along this line with a sheet clipped to an empty picture frame suspended horizontally for a museum gift shop website, and the pics always turned out very well.

I also used a very similar set up with a pillowcase clipped in a hanging file frame.

Homemade Light Tent

Here's some pics i took for the museum website. There is some photoshop work involved in these, but not much.

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Mon, 2007-03-12 13:06 — TomH
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I second that ... his photo

I second that ... his photo is great.

Mon, 2007-03-12 13:24 — Serge664
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thanks, guys! Please

thanks, guys!

Please remember: I have a collection of needles and a history of violence

Mon, 2007-03-12 02:47 — gryphon00

Here's a link to the

Here's a link to the instructions I used to build one about a year ago that has served me well. It was really pretty easy to make and very cheap.

Light Box

Mon, 2007-03-12 13:22 — Serge664
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I like that style too. I

I like that style too.

I tried to convince the museum we should do that, but since the website was new at the time they didnt want to spend the extra $.

So i just "liberated" materials from the other offices.

Please remember: I have a collection of needles and a history of violence