How to make a light tent (DUW)

[jblaze]

Lights, Camera, Action!

[casper]

Thanks for this thread. I now have one built and it works great.

[AnthonyCaponetto]

Just FYI, you can pick these up pretty cheap now days. I got a Square Perfect brand (great brand, not so shiny material) for dirt cheap on eBay.

I actually got the 30" cube for under $40 shipped.

I also bought a 60" one...which was too big (rather stupid purchase on my part) for around $100 shipped. I guess I could always use it as temporary housing for MYSELF, should I find the need. lol

Just go to eBay and do a search for "light tent".

[MichaelH]

Thats awesome

[muzikfreakah]

E guys, great home made set up. I was able to buy a ready made one for our office product shoots and decided last night to use it for my snakes.



I noticed though that the colors of snake are not coming up that well. I am using regular house white bulbs, will the UV bulbs really make a bigger difference?

Here is a sample of a photo I took in this setup:




And another sample I took with my iPhone with no light setup:




Any recommendations? Aside from the 3 lights, I used a flash, bouncing off the top part of the tent. The lens I used for this was a 50mm 1.8f

I am not an expert on the settings, so could this also be because of my settings?

[aboutsnakes]

This is an excellent diy for the photo enthusiast !!

[pythondad]

neat!!! i personally have a professional camera, but no light tent to put my snake in! instead of paying nearly $100 for a "real" one, this is pretty much the same thing!! good job on this, i'll be showing this to my other snake friends who wanna show off their pretty babies with good lighting!