Simple, elegant, DIY studio under $4...

I was doing my typical web surfing one day and came across the blog of Sandra Marek "My 365 Days of Reality".

I really liked her images and the thought that was behind them but what I liked even more was they way she talked about family (and other things that are truly important like friends and life in general).

So I took the time to dig deeper into her blog and found a post she did about Isabella's birthday and shooting a bracelet using a hardware store light that cost her under $4, some white cardboard, and a reflector.

Below are two shots from that post but be sure to check out the entire $4 DIY studio post as she shoots the bracelet several different ways, when you are done you will want to look around "My 365 Days of Reality" and Sandra's website as well.




7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thanks for posting, this is brilliant!

Gabby Malcuit said...

Neat. I'll have to check that out!

Anonymous said...

Simple and cheap. what more could you want.

JessJones said...

this is great to find, because i shoot products for a new clothing company and have been thinking about buying one of those light boxes to shoot products in. now i can try making one myself! :)

Anonymous said...

Simple and very effective setup. Thanks for sharing it Scott.

Stefan said...

Last summer I did a DIY product studio of my own, following this advice:

http://strobist.blogspot.com/2006/07/how-to-diy-10-macro-photo-studio.html

Jim Hayes said...

Great idea. i certainly have a lot of white foam board "scraps" left after cutting backing for prints.