I'd been struggling for years being forced to use my DSLR's flash to photograph my LPs usually resulting in terrible glare on the album jackets. Low light in the room has always prevented me from shooting without a flash.
This eve I began to explore diffusers, light boxes, and other potential solutions.Then I remembered a good friend gifting me a 500W halogen work lamp as a housewarming gift.
I successfully installed the bulb without ending the world. Then I figured it still wasn't dangerous enough, so I plugged the thing into a 25ft utility extension cable and plugged the end of that cable into one of those two-to-three-prong-burn-your-house-down adapters and stuck that sucker into the 1920s outlet in my office with the ground wire dangling free.
Once I regained my ability to see, I took a photo to try out the camera sans-flash.
Nothing fantastic, but I'll screw around with lamp positioning to fine tune the color and I should be all set!
