A Prosumer’s attempt at using a Lightbox
These two pictures illustrate exactly why it’s important to educate yourself about your tools. We buy a 24” light tent for about $60 so that we can photograph my wife’s food. Last night I’m wondering why all the photos are yellow but I ignore it because we’ve determined that we need more light anyways.
After a trip to Home Depot and the JUST BULBS I come home and my photos still look like crap, see left side of photo. After a few disappointed minutes reviewing my test photos I realize that I’m probably definitely using the camera incorrectly. I broke out my copy of Magic Lanterns Guides: Nikon D40 and watched the second half of chapters covering Image Quality Settings, Metering & Exposure, Focusing Modes, and White Balance Made Easy. Immediately my results were improved and you can see the result on the right below. My main issue appeared to be an issue with White Balance.
It still needs work, but wow what an improvement. I kind of feel silly about it.
