Using a Simple Light Tent

 Yesterday was Cambridge Camera Club's Know Your Camera Day, theory in the morning and then play in the afternoon. My task was Table-top photography using a light tent (around £10 without lighting as here or around £25 with lighting http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Photo-Studio-Camera-Lighting-Light-Softbox-Cube-Light-Tent-Tripod-Backdrops-Kit-/371408215846). Here we used either in-camera flash or a flash mounted on the hot-shoe to fire two slave flashes (the small flashmate on the right is unfortunately not made now as far as I can see but was £4.99 when bought -great little gadget; the Canon 270exII is current model and is around £90). The inset shows shadowing when first set up as the front flash is overpowering the side flashes. The easiest solution is to turn down the flash compensation by a couple of stops (or until balanced) and/or move side flashes nearer. We then added a white cloth to the background to give a continuous backdrop.

I have used this set up for several of my competition entries eg Spots