Another shot of my shetland handspun yarn
June 24th, 2007 at 1:51 am (spinning)
One of the photo-related things I’ve been playing around with is a poor-man’s light box. (see http://www.jyoseph.com/blog/detail.cfm/post/18). I bought the stuff to set it up, and this picture was the first thing I took with it. (I didn’t even think to make the skein look ‘pretty’).
I use four cheapy shop lights, filled with 2 60w regular bulbs and 2 “plant bulbs” that said they were good for growing stuff. I figured that meant they were more full spectrum, but honestly I have no idea. I’ll play around with different lights later when I find somewhere to setup the light box that won’t result in it’s instant destruction by a curious cat (or child)
Total light box project cost for me?
$30 for 6 sheets of large foam board
$20 for light fixtures
$12 for bulbs
$1.97 for not-quite-white tape
Total: $64
Not dirt cheap; but I think I’ll get some good use out of it going forward. I may want to redo the box part so it’s more solid as a box. Wouldn’t it be cool if it actually folded for storage?
Abigail said,
June 24th, 2007 at 10:57 am
I spun up half of the yarn you gave me last night :) It doesn’t look nearly as nice as yours but it is nice! I’ll bring it to spinning group on Thursday to show off.