Photo question

[salvine]

For those of you doing more photos of your project; Any tips on a soft box or small studio for shooting finished cars. Have been searching for a bit and have not found anything suitable. I'm thinking like a three foot white box that I can put the model in to shoot. I have a good camera and strobe. Something collapsible?

[wolfdogstinkus]

I think @TWINSET ? did a thread on one?

[TWINSET]

I use a roll of white paper suspended by a couple of hooks - Pretty sure the paper came from Staples
I've tried boxes before; the trouble is once they get grubby you end up spending ages photoshopping out the blemishes in the box

 

To reflect light I use a sheet of foam board

 

 

[salvine]

That's not a bad idea. Just unroll as needed when it gets dirty.

[ncpantherfan71]

Where do you place your light to light the area without glare off lexan bodies? 

All I have is a basic cell phone camera and I would like to find a way to better illuminate my pics. 

[TWINSET]

Most of the time I use a DSLR with a bounce flash, which fires up, onto that reflector board - that and a diffuser on the flash gives bright light but minimal reflection of the light source.

For phone pics you could try hanging a bedsheet (or sheets of white paper) either side of the 'studio' then place lights behind those - that's how most lightboxes work, you shine lights thru the sides.
As most household lights give off a coloured light (as opposed to pure white) you may need to play around with the white balance of the pics afterwards, but an app like Snapseed will let you do that

 

 

[Pumesta]

A proper light tent can be had cheap enough and they fold up pretty small too

 

[ncpantherfan71]

Wow,  you guys take taking pics as serious as building the cars! 

I still have my 35mm slr,  but never replaced it with a digital one.   Kids are almost grown and I primarily used it to take pics of my oldest daughter when competing in Gymnastics. 

[TWINSET]

3 minutes ago, ncpantherfan71 said:

Wow,  you guys take taking pics as serious as building the cars!

Sometimes it's worth it 

[ncpantherfan71]

Was background of the rig photoshoped? 

[TWINSET]

No, the pic was taken on an access road at a local reservoir 
The whole pic's been tweaked by the mag, but the background was part of the original

 

The pics were taken just after sunrise, so the light's a bit funny

[salvine]

2 hours ago, Pumesta said:

A proper light tent can be had cheap enough and they fold up pretty small too

 

Was looking into something like this but having trouble finding one that would work well for larger sizes like TGX cars.

[TWINSET]

Try '90cm light' on eBay Click

Or even 120cm  Click

5ft! Click

 

 

 

[Truck Norris]

Setup:

Result:

 

Final photo: 

That's a wireless Canon flash inside a 150cm octagonal softbox, with a white reflector to the right. A black cotton backdrop and the glass from an Ikea picture frame to give the reflection.

[TWINSET]

Tamiya mag and Racer well done that man!