New camera

Well I finally broke down and spring for the d90. It has been absolutely awesome so far. I am loving it. Being able to auto focus my 50mm is sweet. The color control is awesome and I am just amazed of some of the pics I have been able to get so far.

Here are a few of my favorites:

From Fall Colors 2008

From Fall Colors 2008

From Fall Colors 2008

From Fall Colors 2008

From Fall Colors 2008

From Fall Colors 2008

Light tent side material

I got some questions on what I used for the sides. I found this at hobby lobby:



Not sure what it is exactly but it works well. You could also use tissue paper, a sheet, or all kinds of other things.

Light Tent continued

Ok so I built my tent.

I started with a car seat box. This was about 19X20X28. Larger than I had seen.


Here it is with the sides cut out:


And with the paper.


Here are a few shots of it in action.



And here is a sample shot. Don't mind the slanted pic, I am using an old junky tri pod that leans with my SLR.

Light Tent

I have gotten on an ebay kick. While taking the pictures, I noticed how crappy they were. This was disappointing and I didn't want to miss out on cash because of my setup. I did some go googling and found this post:
http://strobist.blogspot.com/2006/07/how-to-diy-10-macro-photo-studio.html

That seems really neat. I bought some supplies today and hope to get it going tomorrow as I have some more things to sell. Watch this space for updates.

I did also find some other links, and they were all about the same:

http://freshfodder.wordpress.com/2007/01/03/diy-ebay-photo-studio-0/
http://www.pbase.com/wlhuber/light_box_light_tent
http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/how-to-make-a-inexpensive-light-tent/