Jim’s got an addiction to chrome and needs to get it off his chest. Get some great tips for lighting your product photography to make it pop. Part of our “Jim Redux” series.

Based on Terry’s recommendation, I bought some SANYO eneloop batteries. They cost $19.99 with free shipping (typical Amazon on orders over $25) which was a decent deal.
These aren’t your typical rechargeables. They’re one of the new style that are supposed to hold their charges much longer during non-use. From the Amazon website:

I received a great photo umbrella and universal swivel holder from my sister-in-law this past Christmas. As usual, Strobist turned my onto these low cost wonders. I’ve been doing a lot of cardboard lightbox macro shots lately and have been pretty happy. However, the box does somewhat hinder your ability to vary the direction of [...]

I really love reading Strobist. I’ve been following the blog every day since I found out about it. (Was it you, Jim, that pointed us to it?) He recently posted about an inexpensive way to make a lightbox out of a cardboard box and some tissue paper. I was intrigued.

You see, Ryan, was having a little trouble with the ladies. His match.com account was a ghost town and his MySpace page was frequented less than a college kid cleans his bed sheets. SyncSpeed was on the case.
Tracking down the problem was proving to be quite difficult. After many days of intense psychoanalysis, e-harmony tests, [...]

I’ll tell you up front, I’m not thrilled with today’s photo. I wanted to take a shot of my bonsai tree, but the light was horrible. I ended up hanging my wireless Nikon SB-800 from a candle lantern on the other side of the patio to get something half-way decent. I may revisit this shot [...]