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I don't have a digital camera, so I'm stuck using the camera on my cell for my picture taking. I've had decent results so far as long as the pics are snapped in natural light. Whenever I get a new sharp in the mail, one of the first things I do is start snapping away, trying to race the sunset.

Last night I decided I wanted to be able to take some what decent indoor knife pics and tossed together a ghetto lightbox. Its not ideal, but the pics do come out much nicer.

Here's my "rig" and some pics of knives inside it.

Oh yea! That's truly a ghetto lightbox. :D Cardboard, plastic bags, tape...
Doesn't look pretty but the pics sure do. :cool:

Nice work!

And it work too.

considering your equipment, quality is amazing. Thank you for sharing lightbox design :)

Nice work! A suggestion: some of your photos have a bit of glare; you might consider trying a less intense light, or using more diffusers/plastic bags. :)

Other than that, those are some very nice, well-lit pictures.

Nice blades man.

Thanks for posting pictures of the light box. They got the mouse running on the tread mill of my mind.

Try to get some good pictures of mine up soon using your technology. :)

Simsmac wrote:Nice work! A suggestion: some of your photos have a bit of glare; you might consider trying a less intense light, or using more diffusers/plastic bags. :)

Other than that, those are some very nice, well-lit pictures.

The glare is annoying. I went from a very thin trashbag diffuser to the flexable type with a weave pattern. It didn't help. The bulp is a 60wastt twisty evergy saver so its not toooo bright. Maybe less foil in the reflector(shade)would kill the glare. The pics got fuzzy when I tried that before, tho. The auto focus on my cell is awful too.

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Thanks for all the kind words about my ghetto box!

korbiaka wrote:The glare is annoying. I went from a very thin trashbag diffuser to the flexable type with a weave pattern. It didn't help. The bulp is a 60wastt twisty evergy saver so its not toooo bright. Maybe less foil in the reflector(shade)would kill the glare. The pics got fuzzy when I tried that before, tho. The auto focus on my cell is awful too.

Actually, those look a lot better. Those are some pretty decent pictures for a cell phone camera, I must say.

What about using a double thickness of bags to diffuse a little more and maybe cure the glare?

Nonprophet wrote:What about using a double thickness of bags to diffuse a little more and maybe cure the glare?

I put a layer of papertowel(fire hazard)on top of the glad bag and that seems to have helped. Also not having a shiney sufface for a base/back drop helps too.

Seems the fuzzy pics I get at times are directly related to my phones battery charge. Low batt = fuzzy pics.


Full battery


Lower battery charge