Clever ad and great pics! The light box really makes the light nicely distributed and no shadows (or very faint ones).

Great job!! And I love that 100% virgin jewelry. LOL

Your guarantee on the jewelry is toooo funny! You took some graet pics.

Can you post photo of the box itself? My wife is going to make one.

Here is a photo of the box in operation as well as a set of building plans that I drew up. I tried to make the plans as self expanatory as possible, but feel free to ask questions if need be.
PHOTO OF LIGHTBOX IN OPERATION

Note. For lighting I am using standard household incandescent light bulbs, however incandescent lamps produce a much yellower light than daylight balanced photo floods or normal daylight which is at approx. 5000-6000degK

When using standard household light bulbs you must change your cameras "White Balance" to "Tungsten lights or 3200degK".

The spoof ad photo that I previously posted began as a light test to see how it would work out using household lights and shifting the white balance. Before posting that pic I added the text in post processing but I did not alter the white balance from the camera. I think you would agree that shifting the white balance on the camera does produce sharp clean whites with incandescent lights.

DANG!!
While I appreciate all your efforts and the technicial mumbojumbo..... I missed the ONE day sale!!

coulda had my christmas shopping done.

Richard, thanks for posting the photos and drawings. She ended up making one out of a stiff cardboard box.

She cut "windows" into two opposing sides and the top of the box, taped white paper over it, and illuminated with three lights.

Works like a champ!

Mongoct,

First off, let me applaud your wife for her ingenuity.

Far too often an impressive photo is posted along with the camera, lens & EXIF data and the neophyte is left with the impression that if only they could afford a camera & lens like that or some piece of specialized equipment they could also take impressive photos. Baloney!!!!

At the end of the day it is the photo that we judge and it doesn't matter if we had a top of the line Nikon D90 or a 1960's instamatic box camera.

I merely posted this thread in the hopes that I might introduce others into the concept of diffused lighting and shifting the white balance to compensate for incandescent lighting.

While I posted details on how I built my setup that does not mean to imply in any way that it is the only way to achieve the goal, which has been demonstrated by your wife's ingenuity.

Thank you, lazypup, for posting this technique. I am an amateur photographer, and hadn't heard of photo light boxes. My experience with light boxes were the kind one used to copy (trace over) a design or pattern. I paint and was looking for a way to photo my artwork.

Using your template, I bought three 10'x 1/2" pvc pipes, 8 elbows, and 4 T's. Less than $10. The pvc cutter was $10 as well. As you suggested I did not glue the pieces but left so I could disassemble. My 3 sided box is 18"deep x 40"wide x 36"hi. The back is divided into 3 sections for easy reshaping if necessary. The front is totally open, no cross bars. I plan to use velcro to attach my sheeting. I already had clamp light fixtures, so just bought bulbs. Placing the box on my drafting table allows me to clamp the lights to the table. Temporarily draping the sheeting has already given me great delight in seeing the diffused light!

Thanks again, this made me a great birthday present from DH, who bought the supplies at my request.
cali