I just wanted to review what equipment I am using for my product photography shots. Now you can of course build a do-it-yourself light tent and use your own lighting with some daylight bulbs, but I decided to step it up with some nice Falcon Eyes goodies. An investment that has proven its worth!

Lighting
For the lighting I use 2 Falcon Eyes LHD-5250FS fluorescent lights. These lights are powered with 5x 28watt (700 watt total power) bulbs with a color temperature of 5000K (daylight). The lamp head has a 5-step control so you can have 1 to 5 bulbs on at the same time. The LHD-5250FS gets delivered with a 60×60cm softbox with a reflective surface on the inside of the box, so there is a bit of room to vary with your setups.

Photo table
The ST-1020A is my photo table of choice. This is the largest version that Falcon Eyes have to offer. Depending on what you will be using it for you can of course get a smaller version, but I bought this with “expansion” in mind and the general desire to shoot anything bigger then a pocket watch. The plastic background board measures 100×200cm. This thing is absolutely huge when setup so make sure you have some empty space in your room to put it in. The ST-1020A comes in a nice and sturdy travel bag which holds all the supports and joints. The only thing you will need to take seperately (if you are going to travel with it) is the background board, but that can be easily rolled up.

This package (lights & photo table) has set me back a little under $800,- (US). So it is quite an investment, but one worth making if you are into product photography in a “more than average” way.