MBeck Photography

 

So the first version (white background) of this photo received a lot of goof feedback on my Flickr stream. The only real negative feedback was from those stating it would look better with a darker background.

I agree completely, and had thought of this even before taking the original. But I only had white materials.

Well today I went and found a tile warehouse and got a few pieces of black tile and marble. With it I was able to get a dark background, and a slightly reflective surface. I think it turned out great.

This is a great little tool.   It’s my home made lightbox.  It cost me about $7 to create.  With some basic supplies from your local Wal-mart you can easily isolate images.  Here’s a few test images I did in my new lightbox.

Let me give some credit to the brilliant people over at Strobist for the design ideas for my seven dollar lightbox.  I didn’t make it exactly to their specs (mine ended up a lot larger) but other than the size, all the credit is due to them.  Appreciate it, and love your blog.  It is now bookmarked.