I can’t possibly begin tell you how excited I am to share this weekend’s project with you! Today I made my own photography light tent.
The purpose of this tool is to take clear pictures of still objects. I can’t tell you how many times a good food picture was spoiled by imperfect lighting.
Well ladies and gentlemen this will happen no longer because of Darren Rowse’s tutorial on How to Make an Inexpensive Light Tent. It cost me $3.12 to make this! I already had the box, fabric, tape, and glue, so I only had to purchase the poster board.
My husband bought me a set of lapis blue Fiestaware for Mother’s Day. This weekend, the set came in. I thought I would demonstrate the light tent by using my Fiesta plate as a prop.
Here is a picture of the plate, taken under normal/regular lighting, on a white background. No filters were used, no editing was done, and the picture was taken with my iPhone.
Here is a picture of the plate, taken in the photography light tent. Once again, no filters were used, no editing was done, and the picture was taken with my iPhone.
Isn’t the difference remarkable! I bet you want to make one! This is what it looks like when it’s assembled.
Sorry for the crummy picture.
Great… now I need a light tent to take a picture of my light tent. Wouldn’t that be meta?!
If you take any food or still pictures for your blog, I seriously encourage you to make one of these babies. The hour of effort is truly worth it! Once again, Darren Rowse’s DIY tutorial to make one of these gems can be found HERE.
Make sure to let me know if you make one of these too! Happy crafting!
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Um YES! That is impressive!
Oh and I’m sure my husband will love to buy me the tangerine Fiestaware someday!! :) Love it!
I love my Fiesta dishes. Over a year ago I wrote a posting exclusively about how happy they make me feel. My collection includes a place setting of 12 different colours (now it’s 13). I love how colourful it makes my table look.
Ok, first of all you had me at light tent!!! Secondly, you had me at Darren Rowse!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you for posting this and I can’t believe I missed his tip. I have been needing to make one and I can’t believe the difference in your pictures! Sorry about all the exclamation points but I just can’t help it. Thank again! :-)
Kate – I am thrilled that I shared this at such a good time for you! I’m certain you will love it once you make one of your own.
Love this! Thank you for sharing. How helpful!!
Do you think you’ll be making one of your own Robin? You’ll have to let me know if you do. I would love to see the before/after pictures.
Great idea! I have several boxes left over from baby shower gifts, I think I’ll try this. Very helpful!
Wonderful! I’m so glad you found this helpful.
This is such a helpful idea. Thanks so much for sharing!xx
You’re so very welcome Julia! Do you think you’ll make one of your own?
Oh how neat! What a difference it makes. I can’t believe how much better the photo is with using the light tent! So awesome that you were able to do it on the cheap. Great job!
We use a homemade light box too! Light tents make a big difference, and mine just crashed, so I need to make another one real soon. =0)
How neat! That really is so great!
Awesome! :) And you know how I love a deal. And something homemade. A perfect combo.
SO CLEVER! I want to LIVE in a light tent!
Finally getting around to reading this one (I was saving it for when I had time to really read it) and holy cow! You have no idea how much this helps me! I’ve been cringing over my food pictures! Of course most of the pics I take are in the evening when the lighting is terrible and I can never seem to get a good one. This is such a genius idea! Thank you so much for sharing Jennifer!
PS. I have the same Fiestaware (in blue as well) and we love it :)
Have a fabulous weekend!
~Tiffany
I’m definitely going to try this! I’ll let you know how it goes. I just shared on my blog the other day about a homemade shoebox lightbox I made for my art projects! Thank you for sharing.
I specifically came back to visit your site this evening to find this lovely gemstone! Thanks for this GREAT tip. I’m tired of crappy food pictures… And just all my crappy pictures!
This light tent revolutionized my still photos. I need to experiment more with backgrounds though… I often just stick with the white because it’s easiest. My hubby loves it too (especially when he’s making a Lego gag for Twitter or working on a stop-motion animation project).
This is awesome! And made even more awesome by the fact that I clicked on a Pin to read this and there was a familiar face!! YAY!! I’m going to have Sam make me one soon!
I’m so glad you enjoyed this Becky. How funny you clicked over from Pinterest without knowing it was me :)
This is super easy to make and will make a huge difference in your blog photography!