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Setting up a mini home photo studio?
So I need to take pics now and then for things, mostly smallish objects so I was trying to think of how I could set up something to do this. It needs to be able to be dismantled and put away when not using it.
I have a large wooden easel. With holes. So first I was thinking of getting a wooden board and gluing some plugs onto it. This would make a good stand I think - and the board can be taken out and the easel folded up again.
But what to put at the back and over the board? Paper? Card? Fabric? Which works best so that I can have a "flat" background? (I'm thinking to attach with clips or pegs to easel and board.)
Lighting. How best (and cheaply) to do this? I have a plain lightbulb lamp but how best to reflect the light without getting the spot shine? I would prefer not to use flash and fiddling around with that afterwards in Photoshop.
Any clever suggestions?
Posted by mjd-s on March 1, 2007 2:29 PM