photographing mugs

[Paul]

light tent it's a great idea! I got one myself

[Paul]

I used to use my bath to take photos of my craft stuff.. crisp clear and white background.. (only issue is that you look like a tool sitting in an empty bath)

looks like not only you like this way of photographing things :biggrin:







and the set up :biggrin:

[Justin]

Like this?


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[Paul]

shame on you Justin in your age photographing youself like that... shame on you

[Renniwano]

Love the set up.. looks more professional that me n my bath lol

[debbie678]

They have all slightly gone up since I bought mine but here is a few links that will help

Photo Tents/cubes (No Lights included)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/50-50-50cm-Ph ... 2a1570fc5b

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/32-80CM-PHOTO ... 4cf91bbb36



Mini mobile Studio this is the one I have with the large 50x50 cube as well

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PORTABLE-PHOT ... 3cb5af736f

http://www.amazon.co.uk/studio-includin ... B000NHBN7E

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ex-Pro-Product- ... m_sbs_kh_4

I hope these help if you need any more help please shout

[JSR]

Thanks for the links. I was hoping that there'd still be a £20 one including lights (wishful thinking, I guess!).

The most frequent things I photograph are mugs (for customer approval prior to printing), so I only need a small tent - not one that takes up the whole floor - so I may look at one of the <£10 tents that measure about 12", and then hunt out a table spotlight (if I can find some reasonably priced) or something. Not sure yet.

[Paul]

I dont recomend this kind of pop up tents.

fabric on them most of the time is very thin and you can almast see trough.

those squere ones are great. got one myself and working fine for my needs.

[JSR]

Thanks, Paul.

I was looking at one of the square ones with lights, but some of the reviews on Amazon said (i) the lights get too hot very quickly, and (ii) the camera tripod is flimsy.

It's very difficult to know which ones to consider. There are so many, many of which look the same. Ultimately, I just want to have a better set up than just standing my mugs in a cocoon of A3 white card! :biggrin:

[Paul]

to be honest JOnathan I would NOT go for any set up with those kind of ligts
those lights are sinple LED tourch. that will give you wrong white balance anyway so no need to pay for them if you not going to use them
tripod??? who want a tripod mug is not moving so tere is no chance for blured photo

if you look on the coralgraph website now and they new item photogrpahs... I phtogrpahed them all and never used any tripod


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