I spent all my money on body (cnaon 40d) and lens (24-70L) so cannot afford a real softbox, but I wanted to see what you guys thought about this setup and if there is an easier/better way to take indoor pictures of firearms on a budget.
I stopped by Joann's fabric store and got a couple yards of a very light white cotton to act as my diffuser. I also got some black "picque" cotton for my backdrop. I stapled the white fabric ~8" from my undercounter task lamp and played around with a bunch of ISO settings, apertures, and speed. I found iso 400, 1/25 and 2.8f seemed to work the best. Even though my lens is fast, I still had to get pretty low on the shutter speed. No tripod, just handheld, so the pics are not as sharp as they could be with this lens.
I'm very new at this, so any feedback is appreciated.
here's the setup:
the results: