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Building my self a light box - wonder which lights to choose?
Thanks

Anything works really, whether it's super-bright worklights or those flexible desk lamps, you can really get a nice effect.

You can even make a lightbox by taking the top of a shoebox, putting some white paper over it, cutting some holes in the sides, covering the holes with some sort of diffusing paper, shine the lights through the paper and voila!

-Evan

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-Evan

Gear: 7 Nikon Nikkor AI-S and AF-S lenses, SB-700 flash, Nikon D7000, Nikon FM, variety of accessories

"There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs."
- Ansel Adams

Thank Evan For tips.
I never know some thing like this work.
Thank.

P.S sorry Benya for this post.

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Bright hot lights and cardboard plus paper are a hazardous combination. Beware!

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Beware, contiuous lights ("hotlights"), get hot.

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I take pictures so quickly, my highschool was "Continuous High".

Use the same kind of light, don’t mix them. Otherwise color correction is a nightmare.

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Agreed, it is a hazard, so either do it quickly or don't do it at all! Then again, my laptop's CPU is probably more of a fire hazard than that!

-Evan

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-Evan

Gear: 7 Nikon Nikkor AI-S and AF-S lenses, SB-700 flash, Nikon D7000, Nikon FM, variety of accessories

"There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs."
- Ansel Adams

Buy daylight balanced light bulbs.

I picked up a set of daylight balanced bulbs too. The important choice is to use Compact florescent bulbs and that they are Daylight balanced. A daylight balanced bulb should be between 5500-6500 Kelvin so look for a number on the package. They do not get hot even when used for extensive periods of time. Here is a link to the product I mean.

http://www.lowes.com/pd_296884-371-60057_0__?productId=1243165&Ntt=compact+fluorescent+&pl=1&currentURL=%2Fpl__0__s%3FNtt%3Dcompact%2Bfluorescent%2B%26page%3D4

You may not need 75Watts but you should judge how much light you'll need depending on the materials you will use for diffusion and such.

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