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 05/30/2007 06:53:33 PM · #26
I don't know if anyone mentioned a light tent but I made this one a while back. I didn't glue mine together so it allows me to easily add longer feet (pvc) for larger objects.
 05/30/2007 06:56:29 PM · #27
how about using a portable room that you would use on camping trips and make sure it's not very heavy?
 05/30/2007 06:58:02 PM · #28
Originally posted by dudephil:
I don't know if anyone mentioned a light tent but I made this one a while back. I didn't glue mine together so it allows me to easily add longer feet (pvc) for larger objects.

That is exactly what I did at work, since they didn't even have a light tent at all when I turned up. However, it is already quite large, and there is no more space in the room or on that table to make it any bigger.

My version at home is smaller, but has different lengths of pipe to allow for variations.
 05/30/2007 07:04:53 PM · #29
REAL Photographers don't use like tents... they use a large format camera and use the shifts to move the camera out of the picture.

If you don't have a large format camera with a good range of shift, you might try a light tent.

O:)

Mike
 05/30/2007 07:04:58 PM · #30
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Originally posted by kawesttex:
You could use a dark tent with a lot of light. :-)


LMFAO!


Hey, I am just trying to provide multiple options to solve a problem. :-)
 05/30/2007 07:28:51 PM · #31
I didn't read the thread...

Has anybody suggested a light tent?
 05/30/2007 07:30:23 PM · #32
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
I didn't read the thread...

Has anybody suggested a light tent?


yes, Kirbic did
 05/30/2007 07:32:25 PM · #33
Originally posted by wavelength:
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
I didn't read the thread...

Has anybody suggested a light tent?


yes, Kirbic did


I'm slow today. LOL.
 05/30/2007 07:33:55 PM · #34
As someone else suggested, stand wayyyy back, try to blend with your surroundings, and shoot with a long lens.
 05/30/2007 07:57:13 PM · #35
What about a light tent?...oh wait, nevermind.

But seriously here is a great tutorial (IMO) about how to photograph reflective things.
 05/30/2007 08:25:26 PM · #36
The way to think about it is that you aren't actually lighting the reflective surface, but everything reflected in it.

The way to do that? Let me be the first to suggest a light tent.

Message edited by author 2007-05-30 20:26:23.
 05/30/2007 08:39:20 PM · #37
Originally posted by MikeJ:
REAL Photographers don't use like tents... they use a large format camera and use the shifts to move the camera out of the picture.


I knew Ken Rockwell posted on this site. ;)
 05/30/2007 08:52:22 PM · #38
Originally posted by UNCLEBRO:
make sure it's not very heavy?


Darn it! I was gonna use that one! Funny thing is, I've been thinking about making a light tent all afternoon. Thanks for all the links guys.
 05/30/2007 09:02:57 PM · #39
The most effective way is to cover the object with mud. It becomes non-reflective, and you can shoot it anyway you want.

Besides, it's more fun than a light tent.
 05/30/2007 09:14:28 PM · #40
Well, I'm hardly the expert here, but I have to disagree with everybody else in this thread. I entered an image in a challenge not to long ago where I simply used a light source from behind, and another from either side while the object sat on a white sheet of construction paper. Other than the fact that you could see the reflection of the camera and everything else in the room, it worked just as well as the light tent I eventually built for myself. :)
 05/30/2007 09:19:41 PM · #41
Originally posted by EBJones:
Well, I'm hardly the expert here, but I have to disagree with everybody else in this thread. I entered an image in a challenge not to long ago where I simply used a light source from behind, and another from either side while the object sat on a white sheet of construction paper. Other than the fact that you could see the reflection of the camera and everything else in the room, it worked just as well as the light tent I eventually built for myself. :)


You are correct, it will work well... but the OP specifically asked how to eliminate the reflections of the camera and room. For that, a light tent is the optimal choice.
 05/30/2007 09:20:33 PM · #42
What size is the object that you are shooting. That could be critical in which way to approach it.
 05/30/2007 09:49:15 PM · #43
The alternative, and I am shocked nobody has mentioned it, is to paint everything in the room (including the camera, the photographer, and the tripod) white...

R.

Message edited by author 2007-05-30 21:49:33.
 05/30/2007 09:52:52 PM · #44
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
The alternative, and I am shocked nobody has mentioned it, is to paint everything in the room (including the camera, the photographer, and the tripod) white...

R.


;-)
 05/30/2007 09:53:17 PM · #45
Bear - I really think you are wrong on this one - the room and contents should be painted flat black - that way you have absorption not reflection...and it makes it unnecessary to find a paint that will stick to the camera lens.
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
The alternative, and I am shocked nobody has mentioned it, is to paint everything in the room (including the camera, the photographer, and the tripod) white...

R.
05/30/2007 09:54:46 PM · #46
Originally posted by kirbic:

You are correct, it will work well... but the OP specifically asked how to eliminate the reflections of the camera and room. For that, a light tent is the optimal choice.


I'll stronngly dissagree .. the what to minimize reflections is to have no light ... not an interesting picture but no reflections ...
 05/30/2007 10:22:27 PM · #47
Reading Bear's post, I am reminded of the episode of "Mr Bean" when he painted the room white with a can of paint and stick of dynamite. Anyone else see that one?
Do you need use light tent anchors to keep the thing from floating around the room? I think a heavy tent will work too, if it is white enough and bright enough.
Another option is to very quickly move the camera after the flash, before the reflection gets back to the camera, since the light making the reflection travels twice as far.
05/30/2007 10:30:34 PM · #48
this thread is possibly my favorite one so far.
 05/30/2007 10:35:53 PM · #49
Originally posted by UNCLEBRO:
this thread is possibly my favorite one so far.


It's because we're making light of things, isn't it... go ahead, admit it!
 05/30/2007 10:45:16 PM · #50
Originally posted by kirbic:
Originally posted by UNCLEBRO:
this thread is possibly my favorite one so far.


It's because we're making light of things, isn't it... go ahead, admit it!


You didn't make light of me! I even put a smilie in my post! :) <---It looked like this one! :)

Seriously, I was being dry, or wry, or ironic. . . . now I need a dictionary! :)
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