Photography help please

[marjorie040]

I built a light box....and thought I had daylight bulbs but this is the result.....what did I do wrong? Many thanks,

 

[marjorie040]

The picture came out actually much darker than is shown here.

 

[marjorie040]

I meant shown above, not here.

 

[cc6pack]

See if you have a back light setting on your camera? That will help with cutting out the light behind the bottle, and focus on just the bottle.

 

[marjorie040]

I was shooting in daylight in the kitchen. What I saw in person was very light, clear white light and background, it just came out brown when I downloaded it on the pc.
I thought perhaps there may be a particular type of light source that I should use. Mine were simple clamp on spotlights.

 

[madpaddla]

Excellent effort Marjorie. And you were right, it was the light bulb. The light bulb you have makes the bottle appear more yellow. And congrats on a very nice light box. It will work really well once you have the right light bulb. And you were correct once again, a daylight bulb is the one you need. I will take a pic of the one I use in a little bit. Best of luck. I know the cost of my light bulb was about $12 I think but it should last almost 4 or 5 years. Congrats on your work...you are almost there.

 

[NorCalBottleHunter]

yes, you must have a daylight bulb, we used the clip on fixtures with metal shades behind them to get the most light we could into a friend of mines homemade box, we also used three lights, one from behind gives you the best showing of the embossing, here is an example of how his turned out, good luck

 

[cc6pack]

Marge

This is a pic with back light w/flash, the back light is a normal household bulb.

 

[marjorie040]

Thanks all for the help and encouragement!
My lightbulbs were ordinary ge reveal bulbs. They said "daylight" but I suspected they weren't the proper ones for the lightbox.
My canera is a Canon Rebel and may be too complicated for me but I don't think I have a back light setting. I've seen some daylight bulbs on the internet specifically for shooting with a light box and I'll get some and try again.
I appreciate all the help!
regards,

 

[marjorie040]

P.S. cc6pacl and NorCalbottleHunter...your pictures are awesome! Just the look I'm trying for! thank you.
Regards again,