Light box for jewelry photography
By Tati Taylor 24 days ago, Lighting & Studio
Looking for an efficient lightbox for photographing jewellery that is inexpensive? You have amazing daylight in the room, your jewelry looks great in real, but when you take a photo, you get a fuzzy image with a lot of shadows and yellowness?
Having $10 in your pocket, you can make a homemade jewellery light tent, having added $30-50, you will have a jewelry light box with built-in lighting, and having $100, you will have a professional light box for jewelry photography.
What Is the Best Lightbox for Jewelry Photography?
The choice of a perfect light box for jewelry pictures depends primarily on your goals. If you don’t need a wide functionality of jewelry light boxes for $200, then why pay for it?
To take a shot for sale in a shop like Etsy, you will need a DIY jewelry light box. For more professional Amazon/eBay platforms or your own website, you need a convenient and basic option. But if you are going to provide services for photographing jewelry, then you need a professional photo light box for jewelry photography.
Best Lightboxes for Jewelry Photography in 2020
Choose a good and convenient product photo light box that you can take anywhere without worrying about lighting adjustment and wasting much time on setting up.
1. AmazonBasics Portable Photo Studio for Jewelry Photos
Kit: Portable Lightbox for Photographing Jewellery, Power adapter, White background
Since in 2014 Amazon received a patent for photographing products using a white background, they produced their own jewelry photography light box to satisfy the seller’s needs. AmazonBasics is the best portable photo studio kit for jewelry and product photography in the world.
Its size is 25" by 30", has a reliable and firm construction, which is easily assembled. You have to spread out the box like a children's tent and establish a white background. This jewelry photo light tent from Amazon has a built-in light, which unfortunately cannot be made brighter or dimmer, but you can always change your camera settings.
Having used the Amazon Seller application, take the photos using your smartphone, edit and immediately create an advertisement for sale on Amazon.
- Check out the best camera for jewelry photography.
2. Foldio
Kit: Lightbox for Photographing Jewellery, White background
Foldio is a very successful kickstart from Orangemonkey Company. This is a portable mini photo studio box for jewelry photography with built-in LED strips. You just need to get it out of your bag, put it where you want, roll out the cyclorama, attach the backlight to the magnets, turn it on and take a jewelry shot.
In addition, the company offers its own application Foldio App with the ability to adjust the white balance and change the background. You can order Foldio with an additional light box jewelry photography kit: an extra LED strip, a background cyclorama in any color or the Foldio360 panel.
The last one has a built-in backlight and allows you to rotate your subject to create a 3D model of your jewelry, however, you will have to pay $139 extra for it.
You can also buy Foldio360 Smart Turntable for 360-degree jewellery images to find the best angle of your product.
3. Finnhomy Photo Studio for Jewelry Photos
Kit: Lightbox for Photographing Jewellery, 3 x Background Drops, 2 x LED Bands, Bag
Finnhomy 16-inch jewelry photo light box comes complete with 3 backgrounds - black, beige and white to create different compositions. This mini photo studio kit for photographing jewelry also comes with all the necessary things, such as a bag, 2 LED strips with adjustable luminous intensity and a metal base.
Its main advantage is a camera connector for shooting above the object. The disadvantage is that Finnhomy is held by metal sticks, so it takes some time to pull this structure together before working.
It is a more affordable analog of Havox jewelry photo studio and Torchstar pro, which cost $30-40 more, but they offer basically the same product. Considering the price-quality ratio, it’s one of the best light tents for product photography.
- View more about a photo light box for jewelry and product photography at home.
4. Elviros Professional Light Box for Jewelry Photos
Kit: Elviros Lightbox for Photographing Jewellery, Power adapter, 2 x Background Drops
Elviros Light box for jewelry photos has a very bulky design that has several advantages that distinguish it from the product photography light boxes listed above. Elviros is a portable light box for taking jewelry pictures, which has two backlights that generate brightness 10 times greater than simple fluorescent lamps, and a reflective surface inside the box, which strengthens the lighting power and provides multipolar light.
Elviros, also, allows to take jewelry photos from below and above. The disadvantage is that despite 24" size, it is good for shooting only small objects, because of the closed type of the box.
The distance from the lens to the camera is extremely small, although you can always open the front part of this jewelry photo light box.
- Check out the best jewelry photography kit.
5. Fotodiox Pro LED Studio-in-a-Box for Jewelry Photos
Kit: Lightbox for Photographing Jewellery, Power adapter, 3 x Background Drops
Perhaps, it’s the best lightbox for product photography from this list. It combines all the advantages of the previous models. Fotodiox Studio-in-a-box has built-in LEDs, which do not need to connect separately, and a reflective surface that strengthens the lighting.
The set includes 3 backgrounds (blue, white, black). This photo light tent kit for photographing jewelry also allows you to take product pictures from the above, but the biggest plus is the speed of the assembly. You drag it out of your bag, stick 6 sides of the cube just by pressing them against each other, turn on the power adapter and start shooting.
A huge plus is a great choice of sizes, there is even a version of 28'' for big compositions of jewelry. All these advantages only confirm the status of the best photo light box for jewelry at a reasonable price.
Professional light boxes for jewelry are usually made of more firm materials, they are easier to set up and all have built-in lighting. Some of them are not easy to carry and most often are stationary, but each of them offers a creative idea for jewelry photography.
- Check out recommended jewelry backgrounds.
6. MyStudio MS20
Kit: Cyclorama, LED plate on metal legs, 2 x Reflectors
This ultimate photo box for jewelry images has an excellent cyclorama that does not require permanent unfolding, but at the same time, it will be quite problematic to transport. The cyclorama is made of strong material, so you can easily wipe dirt and scuffs.
The jewelry photo lighting set up is a bit complicated because it is held in place by two metal legs. Since this product photo light box is for professional purpose, you have to do it once. The set includes two reflectors that can be freely installed at any point you need.
Despite the high price for LED, this light box for jewelry photography is quite a good and reasonable choice for any kind of product photography.
- View more about how not to take ugly jewelry photos.
7. SHOTBOX Professional Light Box for Jewelry Photos
Kit: Frame for Photography Light Box for Jewelry, 4 x Background Drops, LED flash
Professional mini portable jewelry photo studio that can be assembled in a few seconds thanks to a simple design. The box is made of strong plastic and has two conveniently adjustable LED lamps that can work in turn, and a set of four different backgrounds - black, white, blue and green.
The thing that distinguishes this jewelry photo light tent from the others is front lighting that is installed separately and has a stand for the smartphone. This model is highly recommended for Amazon and ETSY jewelry images.
- Check out basic jewelry photography props.
8. Slowbeat Portable Photo Studio for Jewelry Images
Kit: Photography Light Box for Jewelry, 2 x LED lights, 2 x Background Drops, Carrying bag
The designers of this portable jewelry photo studio and lighting kit simplified the technique of a quick assembling by using magnets. According to Slowbeat, this product photo light box can be collected in 30 seconds, even with lighting.
The magnets allow you to move lighting freely on the walls, as you wish for your composition. It has two backgrounds - black and white, which are made of foam material, which has a pleasant texture and a reflective effect.
- View more about how to photograph jewelry.
9. Photosimile 50
Kit: One-piece Photography Light Box for Jewelry with Background and LED lamps
This is a real studio in a box for jewelry photography that does not use cyclorama in its technology, instead each wall is a light panel with constant light scattering.
If you use a Canon or Nikon DSLR camera, there is lightbox photography software to simplify the shooting. Thanks to it, you can take jewelry photos in JPG, TIFF, RAW, as well as PNG images.
- Check out jewelry photo retouching services for about $5 per image.
10. 2D PhotoBench 100
Kit: Station with product shoot box
This large light box for jewelry photography duplicates Photosimile 50, but has a completely closed type of box. It supports the use of multiple cameras connected to it, you will only need to change the subject of your shooting and click on your PC/Laptop to receive a ready jewelry shot.
No interaction with the camera and light. PhotoBench also supports the installation of a 3D panel that is called 3D PhotoBench 60 for $8000.
Top 10 Best Lightboxes for Jewelry Photography
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AmazonBasics Portable Photo Studio
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Foldio
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Finnhomy Photo Studio
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Elviros Professional Light Box
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Fotodiox Pro LED Studio-in-a-Box
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MyStudio MS20
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SHOTBOX Professional Light Box
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Slowbeat Portable Photo Studio
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Photosimile 50
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2D PhotoBench 100
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How to Choose a Light Box for Jewelry Photography?
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Build-in Lighting. Almost all pro light boxes for jewelry photos now have it. Prefer three points lighting and 5500К daylight balanced LEDs in your jewellery photography kit. If your lights just aren't bright enough or you want a surface without shadows at all, there is a way out. You may also buy an additional table top LED light stand that will help you to make the background whiter and pure. You may move your stand as you like and place on any surface.
Size. If you are planning to photograph small jewelry, choose a minimum size light box, 16", it will be much easier for you to set the light having limited by a small space. If you want to create compositions, then select larger sizes from 24" that gives more space.
Portability. If you don’t plan to stay in one place and want to master a studio for jewelry photographing that you can roll up and carry with you in your bag, then your choice is the portable light boxes for product photography. They differ only by the complexity of the assembly – from a simple system of unfolding and fastening with stickers, to complex metal wireframes.
Material. The materials differ in density, texture and reflective capabilities. The best material for the jewelry photo light box’s background is a dense white paper that cannot be creased while forming awful lines.
Power Adapter. The best photo light boxes for jewelry should be with a built-in battery for charging via USB, but unfortunately, most devices have a direct connection to the network.
What Do You Need for a Lightbox for Photographing Jewelry?
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The secret of a good light box for product photography is to scatter the light from the lamps in three points - right, left and above smoothly, and to be compact and portable. Although many professional light tents for photography products are stationary, which can be inconvenient if you need to change the destination of shooting.
You can buy a complete model for about $50-100 or make it fast at home, as I did before buy it. How to design a mini photo studio for jewelry photos on your own – all you need is a few sheets of styrofoam and white A3 paper, a duct tape, and 3 desk lamps with LED lamps. Its cost is near $10 only.
Make a box with styrofoam sheets using the tape. Take the sheets of paper and place them over the box on three sides, then put the lamps on three sides with equal distance. Don’t mix different kinds of light bulbs, choose bright energy-efficient ones that are full-spectrum and daylight balanced. Turn them on, and you’re ready to shoot. This will be the diffuser in your professional jewelry photography equipment list.
If you want to make a 3D look, turn on one lamp to let more light on one side. If you want to get rid of almost all shadows, use three lamps, this makes the background really white. If you want your jewelry fill in the shadows, use two lamps on each side of your box. I recommend you always have 5 extra LEDs in your jewelry photography kit.
Set your light, homemade portable jewelry photo studio box, place the subject, set the camera, adjust White Balance, use Exposure Compensation to keep your jewelry photos bright, and take a picture. This kind of tent can be used for a long time, but the more experience you gain, the better and more professional light box for jewelry models you want to own.
