Two buck light tent

On Dec 2, 2:55 pm, piedtype <4earlybi....DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote:
> Okay...answered my own question.
>
> Went to a flea market and spent $2 on a popup laundry hamper.
> When not in use they flatten down to almost nothing. When popped open
> they are five-sided, with an open end. They usually contain handles
> and an internal bag for clothespins. You can snip the bag off. The
> handles are no problem.
>
> They come in all colors. The one I purchased is white mesh. The one
> pictured here is blue and full of laundry...but you get the idea.www.4earlybirds.com/popup.jpg.
> You'll want white mesh, or see what you can do with a pan of bleach.
>
> I drape a bedsheet over the laundry hamper and shoot horizontally
> through the end or down through a hole in the top.


Don't use hot light with this kind of set up, can cause a fire, Rosco
makes heat resistant fabrics that can be adapted for this kind of use,
not $2 but maybe $20 for what you need, I made a frame of close hanger
wire and stapled the Rosco fabric to it. Worked well even with
1000watt lights 6 inches from the fabric. In a setup by another
photographer caused a fire in his studio by using a bed sheet.

Tom
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On Dec 3, 10:00 am, tomm42 <tmon....RemoveThis@wildblue.net> wrote:
> On Dec 2, 2:55 pm, piedtype <4earlybi....RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Okay...answered my own question.
>
> > Went to a flea market and spent $2 on a popup laundry hamper.
> > When not in use they flatten down to almost nothing. When popped open
> > they are five-sided, with an open end. They usually contain handles
> > and an internal bag for clothespins. You can snip the bag off. The
> > handles are no problem.
>
> > They come in all colors. The one I purchased is white mesh. The one
> > pictured here is blue and full of laundry...but you get the idea.www.4earlybirds.com/popup.jpg.
> > You'll want white mesh, or see what you can do with a pan of bleach.
>
> > I drape a bedsheet over the laundry hamper and shoot horizontally
> > through the end or down through a hole in the top.
>
> Don't use hot light with this kind of set up, can cause a fire, Rosco
> makes heat resistant fabrics that can be adapted for this kind of use,
> not $2 but maybe $20 for what you need, I made a frame of close hanger
> wire and stapled the Rosco fabric to it. Worked well even with
> 1000watt lights 6 inches from the fabric. In a setup by another
> photographer caused a fire in his studio by using a bed sheet.
>
> Tom

As an old dog trying to learn new tricks, this is my first experiment
with tabletop digital photography.
Took this shot yesterday with an old Canon S1 IS.
www.4earlybirds.com/tabletoptest.jpg
Utilizing the clothes hamper described above, I mounted two 60w BLUE
incandescent lights from the hardware store in a couple of clamp-on
reflectors. Instead of a bed sheet, the framework was draped with a
couple of sheets of the thin white paper you'll find inside the box
containing your Christmas gift (ugly Hawaiian shirt).
Attempted to white balance and came away with a nice sharp subject and
some blue and pink tones within the white.
Now heading to the library to borrow a book on lighting.
Gene
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