Photo booths

[gotbunny]

Would like to see your photo booth setups. As mine is not working out like I want it to. Pictures please of the fancy and home made

[lisey_baby]

Do you mean like a home studio?

[Griffin]

I can take a picture of mine tomorrow. I have a homemade lightbox, made from an ordinary cardboard box and thin white packaging paper. It was super easy, quick, and cost practically nothing. The biggest issue is the lighting, I use a daylight lamp for now to light it from top. Not sure if that's the best solution but it serves its purpose unless I can find something better.

I'd love to see pictures of other people's setups, too!

[JigglesTheCat]

I don't have one, but this is an AMAZING tutorial on how to make one: http://nikicorny.deviantart.com/art/Figure-Shoot-Tutorial-278649909

[Yurusumaji]

I don't have one, but this is an AMAZING tutorial on how to make one: http://nikicorny.deviantart.com/art/Figure-Shoot-Tutorial-278649909

Awesome!  So going to steal the car and hit Michael's today! Hubby is going to beat me with angry looks!

[Diamond]

I actually do not use a "booth or box"  A lot of times I need to take photos that did not fit in the box so I just use a photo set up.  I shall try and get some photos of it today.  But is basically a 2' x 4' table, against the wall, then a piece of wood with eye hooks and attached to the wall with command hooks (new wall hubby would kill me if I put holes in it) that I can pin my background material too.  Normally I have grey felt but have been looking for more.  I also use art papers and black velvet.  Lighting is supplied by three home depot knock offs of Ott lights.  One to each side in old fashioned flood light holders and the top one in a old goose neck.  Someday I shall upgrade to free standing light stands for now they on my two  tripods. Just check some of my recent threads in here and you will see how the light looks. 

[Griffin]

I don't have one, but this is an AMAZING tutorial on how to make one: http://nikicorny.deviantart.com/art/Figure-Shoot-Tutorial-278649909

Yeah well that's exactly how I made mine.   Well, I can still take a pic even though I don't really have anything new to show...

[lisey_baby]

I can take a picture of my shop bought one tomorrow and how we set up the lights to avoid any shadows, everyone's homemade ones sound awesome though!

[Maniah]

I don't have one, but this is an AMAZING tutorial on how to make one: http://nikicorny.deviantart.com/art/Figure-Shoot-Tutorial-278649909

Well,, I was on the right track.. I took a box and cut the front and top off, lined it with white fabric, and then took it outside under the sun. That sucked. Got some very bright pictures.. but it was no fun. I am totally going to make one of these. I need a big box though. Sometimes my ponies have a lot of hair to spread around.

[Griffin]

Piccies~

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(Believe it or not, the lighting conditions in the room are actually the same in both pics... apparently I should've taken the picture with the light off.) 

I need to replace the BG paper soon, all those wrinkles show up in my photos... And as you can see, the lamp is too heavy for that box, which is why I need to find something else. I just don't have any suitable lamps, and good daylight bulbs are not easy to find either.

The box is easy to make, but lighting is the key. I avoid photographing in the evening; even though I have that lamp the results are much better if the lighting conditions of the whole room are as good as possible. Also what makes a huge difference is the white balance setting in your camera. If your camera has the option to custom set the white balance, do that by pointing at your lightbox background before starting the photoshoot. (Or place a sheet of white paper inside if you're using a coloured background.) Alternatively, you can try the daylight setting, or anything that gives you the best results.   

[sd_dreamcrystal]

I have a light tent for mine that I bought off of ebay for cheap. All it came with was the tent and velcro dots for your own back drops. The person who sold it to me mentioned that some of the tents would have them and some would not.

Only problem with my tent is that because of how it folds it's kind of crooked :\

[Maniah]

Bumping this topic because I am about to make my booth (Finally) and have a question. Can I use white printer paper or do I need to use baking sheets of wax paper?

[Colorscapesart]

Wax paper and tissue paper will let more light through while still keeping the glare off. 

[Maniah]

Thank you!

[Alatariel-Silimaure]

I made a photobooth and it sucked royally -.- didn't work at all. Followed the tutorial I found too, and it looks just like  Griffin's... but maybe I'm using the wrong kind of light... I got 3 LED lamps for it.