lighting

Well, for a year or so now, I've been photographing my turned items for my Etsy store. I started out with a fairly simple setup, which improved my photos a bit. Over time, I kept refining the setup, looking for ways to improve it more and more. My setup is now fairly refined, but still rather...

Found at Rural King this week a dual light adjustable 26” LED shop light advertised as 15,000 lumen with Daylight coloring. The id usual lights are adjustable by 40 degrees of rotation in each direction with thumb screws on one end to lock them in position. Actual light size is 24 inches as...

I have a Penn State Industries Turncrafter Commander 12in. lathe. My one complaint is with the swivel work light: it's WAY too short. I purchased a nice clamp on, touch control, LED swivel work light which works really well illuminating the work area... until I turn on the lathe. It then...

I'm relatively new to pen making. I started last year, but only did a little bit before health and lathe problems put me out of commission until about May this year. I'm going to try to start selling the pens I make, and am looking to produce very professional quality pens and pen photos. I've...

As a semi-pro photographer, I think a lot of people stay away from lighting gear for a variety of reasons: Expensive Confusing Takes up a lot of room It's much easier to simply step outside and take photos in natural light. But what happens when the sun goes down? How about when the...

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