On the weekends when I get bored I often turn to trying to get some really nice shots of my watches. To have some more control over the lighting I am thinking about a light box. At the moment I set up elaborate shades and surroundings using shoe boxes etc.

For those that use light boxes, could you post what you use and maybe some of the results?

Cheers

 

I generally use the ceiling or the sky - easy to set up and always available - so I can't help you there.

There several good suggestions in another thread here...

https://omegaforums.net/forums/watch-photography/

 

Here's my homemade setup:




A cardboard box with the top and sides cut out and covered with tissue paper.




The results

 

I use this 1 it's nice & it folds all up into a neat little package

http://www.meritline.com/merax-one-...7I4Q1sChbkobMTPlS0oI1Doj6SJLYgK_reRoClh7w_wcB

These are the results

 

Natural light is better than artificial light. Sunlight with diffusers works wonders. I also like a little reflection to give depth. Electric light and too much diffusion looks washed out and fake.

 

How can someone with a tag like "ulackfocus" be taken seriously when giving photographic advice

 

He's right though, natural light makes my crappy camera shoot pics far above its game.

 

Because his squirrel avatar has big bollocks.

 

Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeease, I don't want to see either of the squirrel bollocks pics again

For once I'd like to "un-hijack" this and get back to lightboxes.

The coolest one I've seen is the one that George @Kringkily uses

 

I use a window for light source and a white card to bounce

 

I agree that natural light is best but my house doesn't get a lot of that and going outside to take photos isn't always convenient, so I bought this kit on ebay.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Square-Perf...948?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item485832b304Purchases made through these links may earn this site a commission from the eBay Partner Network

I'm a terrible photographer so my results haven't been great but it gets the job done in terms of delivering ample and consistent light. These are a few watch shots I've taken with my iphone 5. I've upgraded to the iphone 6 recently but haven't taken the light tent out yet so I'm hoping the next batch of pics improves.