What’s not to love about DIY?
Saturday 1816
Yeah, who does not like doing things yourself?
The satisfaction you get when your DIY project bearing fruits.
Oh I lurrrrrrrve that feeling.
You don’t?
But why????
Anyways, it has been my longest intention to make my own DIY light box.
All this while, I have been relying on the good ol’ Mr Sunshine for that perfect natural light just so I get to snap beautiful photos of my nail art. Believe me when I said it is frustrating with capital F whenever I failed to get photos of my nails the way it should. You know, like when the color should be bright pink but turned out dull in photo just because there wasn’t enough light to capture the correct color.
Why don’t just fix it in photo editor, you ask.
Firstly, when the color was not captured the way it is in raw footage…chances are, it wouldn’t be close to perfect even post-editing. It is possible though. Just that, it will take time to calibrate everything to (my) perfection. And time is too much to waste on post processing when you already spent so much on doing your nails. You get what I mean.
Lastly, I am just not that good in photo editing. There, I said it.
Enough yada-yada.
Here’s my DIY light box.
Ha!
You are smiling aren’t you?
That smile with full of sarcasm in it.
I know, I know.
This isn’t a proper light box. Not even close to the one I was referring at. But I just don’t have the proper materials to start with and so, I thought this polystyrene foam leftover from previous Christmas decorations could helped me out.
Result?
Now, that’s what matter most you see.
I did a recreation of Chalkboardnails‘ design as requested by my sister in-law for this weekend nails.
White background.
Dark background.
You can see the difference in these two photos compared to my previous nail photos, right?
My DIY light box may not be the best DIY ever. But for now, you can say… I am psyched to do more and snap more!
Great weekend!
Til next post!
*hugs*
kay masingan said,
March 23, 2013 @ 7:07 pm
punya byk koleksi cat kuku ko!
anyway selamat cuti sikul..dgn soalan p mana cuti ini? hehe
Kalo ko tingu nail blogger lain, untried nail polish dorang saja pun lebih banyak dari nail polish saya ni hehe…happy holidays to you too kay…teda pigi mana2 this time.
jue said,
March 23, 2013 @ 9:25 pm
rajin ko buat nail art kan…:-) btw 1st time buat DIY ok bah…next time boleh buat lebih baik lagi…
Rajin is really an understatement hahaha…more like, saya GILA buat nail art. If not because I work as a teacher, hari-hari saya tukar cat kuku.
joanne said,
March 23, 2013 @ 11:22 pm
It works! Ada beza oh… good job
You think so too? Thanks
Wyne Mouren said,
March 24, 2013 @ 7:24 am
Recycle items is good for DIY. Sa pun kadang-kadang buat mcm tu. Your light box is one of the good sample to recycle polystyrene foame.
Cuti sekolah suda ni Chegu Carol, biarpun 1 minggu saja mesti ko buat rajin buat nail art polishing ni.
Happy Holiday.
Bikin nail art memang antara agenda utama saya musim cuti 1 minggu ini hehehe
Thanks!
Alexa said,
March 24, 2013 @ 9:39 am
hmmm it does make sense….nampak beza dia…yg first pic lagi terang ni…
Oh, no no..both photos in this post were taken using the light box. Just that second photo was taken with dark background, first one was with white background….you can compare these photos with the photos on my previous post
Gunaqz said,
March 24, 2013 @ 10:27 am
Yang penting, it works and serves the purpose bah Chegu. Kira kreatif sudah u terfikir macam mana mo bikin lightbox tu. He he. Love your nail arts designs. Semuanya cantik belaka.
Ya, it does serve the purpose. Nanti lah, kalau sy senang2 pigi cari materials dia baru saya kasi bikin yang bagus2 punya light box. Thanks Gunaqz
Gaby said,
March 24, 2013 @ 1:27 pm
xpa bah buruk2 tu lampu….yg penting hasil gmbr tu kuku…hehehe…tp mmg nmpk berbeza laa…
Iyaaaaa betul. Thank you Gaby
Mimi said,
March 24, 2013 @ 10:49 pm
Do more and snap more!!
belle said,
March 25, 2013 @ 9:36 am
wah…creative!
chegu..buli suda ko ambil part time manicurist untk org kawin ka…tunang ka….buka ‘kuku spa’ pun buli ni… (*business mind suda ni) kekekeke