My eBay Studio: This is the makeshift “studio” I’ve set up to photograph the records, books, and such that I’m selling for Bill on eBay. On the left is a 65-watt GE Reveal light bulb pointed at an ad hoc bounce card that I constructed using two sheets of printer paper and a piece of wood. On the right is a 500-watt halogen work lamp that produces a much purer white light.
With the halogen for a primary light source and the Reveal to fill in shadows, pictures come out pretty good. I sometimes have to bounce the halogen lamp as well, however, since (a) it produces pretty harsh shadows and fierce reflections and (b) it gets hot enough to melt the records if they stay under it for too long. We’re talking about a light so strong that it comes with a warning to get out from in front of it if your skin starts to tingle or burn.![[big grin]](http://www.adammessinger.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
With the halogen for a primary light source and the Reveal to fill in shadows, pictures come out pretty good. I sometimes have to bounce the halogen lamp as well, however, since (a) it produces pretty harsh shadows and fierce reflections and (b) it gets hot enough to melt the records if they stay under it for too long. We’re talking about a light so strong that it comes with a warning to get out from in front of it if your skin starts to tingle or burn.
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