{"id":159,"date":"2010-03-09T00:01:30","date_gmt":"2010-03-08T23:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/?p=159"},"modified":"2010-03-09T00:01:30","modified_gmt":"2010-03-08T23:01:30","slug":"diy-photography-light-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/?p=159","title":{"rendered":"DIY Photography Light Box"},"content":{"rendered":"

Photographing yarn, or actually any object, can be a tricky thing. Especially when it comes to making sure that the colours comes out accurate. If you are very into photography you might have solved this issue by investing in an expensive camera that lets you manually adjust exposure and white balance, if not using a light tent or light box can be a good solution. The problem is that these are quite expensive too. Ages ago I read a very good tutorial on a photographing web site on how to make a light box your self, I made one, and were pretty pleased with how my pictures came out after using it. Of course the light box was not one of the things we prioritized bringing with us when we moved, so now when I received new yarns for my web shop and needed to take good pictures of them, I had to make a new one. Since I don\u2019t remember the web site where I found the original tutorial I decided to make a tutorial my self, hoping that this can be useful to some of you.<\/p>\n

\u00c5 fotografere garn, eller faktisk et hvert objekt, kan v\u00e6re en utfordring. Spesielt hvis man vil v\u00e6re sikker p\u00e5 at fargene blir gjengitt riktig. Hvis du er veldig interessert i fotografering s\u00e5 har du kanskje l\u00f8st dette ved \u00e5 investere i et dyrt kamera som lar deg justere hvitbalanse og eksponering manuelt, hvis ikke s\u00e5 kan det \u00e5 bruke et lystelt eller en lysboks v\u00e6re en l\u00f8sning. Problemet er bare at disse kan v\u00e6re temmelig dyre ogs\u00e5. For lenge siden leste jeg en veldig bra oppskrift p\u00e5 et nettsted for fotoentusiaster om hvordan man kunne lage sin egen lysboks. Jeg lagde en slik boks og ble veldig forn\u00f8yd med resultatet da jeg s\u00e5 hvor fine bildene mine ble. Selvf\u00f8lgelig var ikke lysboksen en av de tingene som ble prioritert da vi skulle flytte, og n\u00e5 n\u00e5r jeg mottok nytt garn som trengtes \u00e5 fotograferes til nettbutikken, m\u00e5tte jeg lage en ny en. Siden jeg ikke husker hvor jeg fant den opprinnelige oppskriften p\u00e5 lysboksen, fant jeg ut at jeg skulle lage en forklaring selv, som forh\u00e5pentligvis vil kunne v\u00e6re til nytte for noen av dere.<\/em><\/p>\n

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To make your own light box you need a box. I prefer to use one that is as square as possible. It can be any size; the one I\u2019m using here is quite small but will work fine when photographing small objects, like a ball of yarn. You also need measuring tape or a ruler, something to mark with like a pencil, paper knife and scissors, white fabric (I used plain cotton) and something to attach the fabric with like Gaffer tape, and finally you need glue and white card (I used a glue stick and two sheets of A1 170g). The most important part of the light box is the lights, and I\u2019ll come back to that at the end of this tutorial.<\/p>\n

For \u00e5 lage din egen lysboks trenger du en boks. Jeg foretrekker en som er s\u00e5 kvadratisk som mulig. Den kan ha hvilken st\u00f8rrelse som helst, den jeg lager her er ganske liten, men vil fungere fint til fotografering av sm\u00e5 ting, som et garnn\u00f8ste. Du trenger ogs\u00e5 m\u00e5leb\u00e5nd eller en stor linjal, en blyant, papirkniv og saks, hvit t\u00f8y (jeg brukte helt enkel bomull) og noe til \u00e5 feste t\u00f8yet til boksen med som for eksempel Gaffa tape, og til slutt s\u00e5 trenger du lim og hvit kartong (jeg brukte limstift og to A1 ark p\u00e5 170g). Det viktigste til lysboksen er selve lysene, og det kommer jeg tilbake til p\u00e5 slutten av forklaringen.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Measure in 2\u201d from the side of the box marking multiple points around the edge. Connect these points with your ruler, and you should now have an even and centred 2\u201d frame. Repeat on all sides, leaving the top and bottom of the box alone.<\/p>\n

M\u00e5l 5 cm fra kanten p\u00e5 boksen og marker med flere punkter rundt sidene. Bruk linjalen til \u00e5 tegne linjer igjennom alle punktene. P\u00e5 denne m\u00e5ten b\u00f8r du f\u00e5 en jevn og sentrert 5 cm tykk ramme. Gj\u00f8r dette p\u00e5 alle sidene, du trenger ikke \u00e5 markere toppen og bunnen p\u00e5 boksen.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Cut out the boxes you have drawn, then cut off the flaps on the top leaving the bottom intact.<\/p>\n

Skj\u00e6r ut firkantene du har tegnet, s\u00e5 skj\u00e6rer du av klaffene p\u00e5 toppen av boksen, la bunnen v\u00e6re intakt.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Now measure and draw 2\u201d strips on your white card, you\u2019ll need 16 strips, cut them out with your scissors.<\/p>\n

N\u00e5 skal du m\u00e5le opp 5 cm tykke striper p\u00e5 den hvite kartongen. Du trenger 16 slike pappstrimler, klipp de ut n\u00e5r du er ferdig.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Glue the strips to the inside of the box, completely dressing all the sides. <\/p>\n

Lim pappstrimlene inn i boksen, kle alle sidene.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Take another sheet of the white card and cut a piece that is the same width as the inside of your box but the length much longer, and place it so that it curves to the bottom. Fold the excess card over the top edge and secure with tape. Make sure there are no creases or folds on the card, as this will show up in your pictures.<\/p>\n

Ta et nytt ark med hvit kartong og klipp det til slik at bredden er den samme som innsiden p\u00e5 boksen din, men la lengden v\u00e6re mye lengre. Plasser kartongen slik at den ligger i en kurve ned mot bunnen. Brett rundt \u00f8verste kant og fest p\u00e5 baksiden med Gaffa.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Now you are ready to dress the outside of your box.<\/p>\n

N\u00e5 er du klar til \u00e5 kle boksens utside.<\/em><\/p>\n

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You need to cut two pieces of fabric that will cover left and right side of the box, and one that is big enough to cover the top. Attach using the Gaffer tape.<\/p>\n

Du trenger \u00e5 klippe til to stykker t\u00f8y til \u00e5 dekke h\u00f8yre og venstre side, og ett litt st\u00f8rre stykke til \u00e5 dekke toppen. Fest med Gaffa.<\/em><\/p>\n

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There you have it, your own light box. It looks like homemade, it IS homemade, but works like wonder! As I mentioned earlier the most important part of the box is the lighting, and what I\u2019m showing you here for illustration really isn\u2019t optimal, still I wanted to show you the box in action. Ideally you would light the top, a desk work lamp would do, and only use side lighting to adjust shadows and such. You would also use full spectrum light bulbs that cast white light instead of the yellow light that standard light bulbs will cast. I didn\u2019t have any of these alternatives at hand when making the box, but still, as you can see …<\/p>\n

Det var det, du har n\u00e5 laget din egen lysboks. Den ser hjemmelaget ut, den ER hjemmelaget, men den gir et flott resultat! Som jeg nevnte tidligere s\u00e5 er den viktigste delen av lysboksen selve lyssettingen. Det jeg viser her er slett ikke en optimal l\u00f8sning, men jeg ville allikevel vise frem lysboksen i aksjon. Ideelt s\u00e5 ville du ha lyssatt boksen ovenfra, en god gammeldags skrivebordslampe ville ha gjort susen, og du ville bare brukt sidelys til \u00e5 justere skygger og s\u00e5nt med. Du ville ogs\u00e5 bruke full spekter lysp\u00e6rer som gir et mer hvitt lys, enn vanlige \u201chusp\u00e6rer\u201d gj\u00f8r. Jeg hadde verken p\u00e6rer eller lampe tilgjengelig da jeg lagde boksen, men allikevel, som du kan se …<\/em><\/p>\n

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… the result is still pretty neat, isn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n

… resultatet ser slettes ikke verst ut, ikke sant?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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