And I mean it in a good way! Here is how I can get acceptable photos with just a camera phone and a desk lamp. I know that the final image isn't great, but it is leaps and bounds better than most cell phone pics I see in other areas of this site.
1 adjustable arm desk lamp, several sheets of white printer paper, some tape and a camera. This is in effect a soft box, I taped a piece of paper over the 100W bulb bowing it out in front to diffuse the light, then taped some more paper around it hangin down to enclose the area and reflect light in. The light needs to be close to make sure there is enough for the tiny optics of a camera phone. I set my iso at 100, spot metering, white balance set to incandescent, and turned macro mode on. I used spot metering so I could take the reading from the darkest part and not have it turn out too dark.
The large open area is covered with more paper and I shoot through a tiny opening to try and eliminate any reflections.
Here is the result.
Yes the star knot is a touch over exposed and there is a bit of light fall off near the point, I can deal with that with a little more careful positioning, but there is no PP and I think it turned out very reasonable for cell phone photography.
The whole point of this was mainly to take "basic" one step further in low tech. This is something that every college kid has, and would really make viewing razors much nicer on all of us! Just proves that the lighting is the most important part.
Your thoughts and opinions are welcome.
-Xander
1 adjustable arm desk lamp, several sheets of white printer paper, some tape and a camera. This is in effect a soft box, I taped a piece of paper over the 100W bulb bowing it out in front to diffuse the light, then taped some more paper around it hangin down to enclose the area and reflect light in. The light needs to be close to make sure there is enough for the tiny optics of a camera phone. I set my iso at 100, spot metering, white balance set to incandescent, and turned macro mode on. I used spot metering so I could take the reading from the darkest part and not have it turn out too dark.
The large open area is covered with more paper and I shoot through a tiny opening to try and eliminate any reflections.
Here is the result.
Yes the star knot is a touch over exposed and there is a bit of light fall off near the point, I can deal with that with a little more careful positioning, but there is no PP and I think it turned out very reasonable for cell phone photography.
The whole point of this was mainly to take "basic" one step further in low tech. This is something that every college kid has, and would really make viewing razors much nicer on all of us! Just proves that the lighting is the most important part.
Your thoughts and opinions are welcome.
-Xander
