I bought a cheap desk lamp and placed the brightest bulb I had but as you see from this photo this is not adequate. I need to get a bulb similar to the one described in the instructions. However the first shots i took are not to shabby, i'll put them up next.
Beer blogging from South Wales. Photos and reviews of beers, now focusing on Welsh beers and breweries.
Sunday, 30 January 2011
Gotta Lotta Bottle pt 2.
In starting construction of the light box I pretty much followed the web advice, my box was not quite square, and the longer sides were a little flexible so rather than remove the top flaps I cut them down and doubled them over and tapped them up for a little extra stability.

I actually used a sheet of A1 white card rather than order ‘Bristol board’ and for the material I bought the cheapest white sheet from Tesco. I fitted the white card inside and glued it in, and then put the longer curved length in. Masking tap placed the material around the outside.
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Arn, I think you'll need a bulb something like this;
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(although your lamp looks like it may be screw-fit not bayonet, so you may have to do some shopping around.)
You wont believe the difference in quality of light though. Different gear. I work from home and use one in the office.
Making a light box for beer-pictures is on my New Years resolution list. I'll be interested to see how your pictures come out!
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Mark - i've spied some bulbs similar to that one in a local store so hopefully improvement soon.
ReplyDeleteLost - the picture on my latest post is from the box, the picture just needed a little brightening only in photoshop, until said bulb appears.