What is the best day lamp to purchase for photography?

[BadgeShack]

I'm in the market to buy a day lamp to help make my pictures look more professional. I'd like to have a smaller lamp as my fabric covered button items are fairly small. Any ideas on where to purchase or a certain brand name, store, etc.?

Thanks!

[Former_Member]

I've heard Ott Lites are great but they are really spendy also. I try to use as much natural light as I can and then I edit them using Fotofuze and Photoscape. Both of them are free.

[Former_Member]

I agree. My husband is a photographer and we have all sorts of equiptment but I still perfer natural light when phtographing my other items.

We made an inexpensive light box...simply taped together very thick white cardboards into a 5 sided box. it really helped.

[BadgeShack]

I have a light box but still my background seems gray and not as white as it is in real life. I use the morning sunlight too. I'm sure I just need to make a few adjustments. I use Picasa now but I'm going to check out Fotofuze and Photoscape. Thanks very much.

[BlueTurtleCrafts]

Ott lights are nice but not very bright (to me anyhow). They do sell ott light bulbs that fit standard lamps (I have 3+ of them) They are expensive but not as bad as buying a whole lamp :)

Try looking into your "white balance' on your camera. Adjusting that can help with that gray/ yellow look you can get on your white background.

[Former_Member]

If I were you I would select the lamp that fits with your decor and not worry about it specifically for your photos.

When you want to do photos just change the bulb to a daytime bulb such as an Ott Light.

[halfmoonroad]

Ott lights are sold at Michaels and if you have the 40% off coupon, they're not that expensive.

[ForgedMettleJewelry]

I'm mostly nocturnal so I have to shoot in artificial light. I just use a cheap lamp base from Target with a daylight light bulb from Home Depot with a piece of tracing paper as the diffuser...

[lv2cr8]

I use just lights that I picked up with a garage sale and use the Ott light bulbs instead and use the 40% off coupon.

[MKuzPhotography]

http://www.etsy.com/listing/96150518/daylight-full-spectrum-bulbs-two-2-27