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Re: photographing mugs
Posted: 07 Nov 2011, 15:58
by Paul
light tent it's a great idea! I got one myself

Re: photographing mugs
Posted: 07 Nov 2011, 21:09
by Paul
Renniwano;32114 wrote:I used to use my bath to take photos of my craft stuff.. crisp clear and white background.. (only issue is that you look like a tool sitting in an empty bath)
looks like not only you like this way of photographing things :biggrin:
and the set up :biggrin:

Re: photographing mugs
Posted: 07 Nov 2011, 22:02
by Justin
Like this?
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Re: photographing mugs
Posted: 07 Nov 2011, 22:35
by Paul
shame on you Justin

in your age photographing youself like that... shame on you

Re: photographing mugs
Posted: 07 Nov 2011, 23:45
by Renniwano
Love the set up.. looks more professional that me n my bath lol
Re: photographing mugs
Posted: 07 Nov 2011, 23:49
by debbie678
Re: photographing mugs
Posted: 08 Nov 2011, 11:42
by JSR
Thanks for the links. I was hoping that there'd still be a £20 one including lights (wishful thinking, I guess!).
The most frequent things I photograph are mugs (for customer approval prior to printing), so I only need a small tent - not one that takes up the whole floor - so I may look at one of the <£10 tents that measure about 12", and then hunt out a table spotlight (if I can find some reasonably priced) or something. Not sure yet.
Re: photographing mugs
Posted: 08 Nov 2011, 12:15
by Paul
I dont recomend this kind of pop up tents.

fabric on them most of the time is very thin and you can almast see trough.
those squere ones are great. got one myself and working fine for my needs.
Re: photographing mugs
Posted: 08 Nov 2011, 12:24
by JSR
Thanks, Paul.
I was looking at one of the square ones with lights, but some of the reviews on Amazon said (i) the lights get too hot very quickly, and (ii) the camera tripod is flimsy.
It's very difficult to know which ones to consider. There are so many, many of which look the same. Ultimately, I just want to have a better set up than just standing my mugs in a cocoon of A3 white card! :biggrin:
Re: photographing mugs
Posted: 08 Nov 2011, 12:32
by Paul
to be honest JOnathan I would NOT go for any set up with those kind of ligts

those lights are sinple LED tourch. that will give you wrong white balance anyway so no need to pay for them if you not going to use them
tripod??? who want a tripod

mug is not moving so tere is no chance for blured photo
if you look on the coralgraph website now and they new item photogrpahs... I phtogrpahed them all and never used any tripod
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