I am not much of a photographer, but I do have a formula down that works. I can get pics up and running within 5 minutes. The problem that I encounter is that since I use sunlight for all of my pics some times the sun stays hidden behind the clouds. At one point I waited 3 days before I got my pics up on the site. What do you do then especially since your business relies on good quality pictures?
I wanted to find a cheap and simple solution to having great light for picture taking. This is what I found. I did not have to spend a dime. I found everything in my husbands work area and in my sewing and scrapbooking stuff.
I have seen these light boxes or tents go for $150. Who can afford that?
Materials Needed to Construct Your Own Photography Light Box:
- Cardboard Box
- White Muslin Material
- Scissors
- Tape
- Bright white thick paper. I used white scrapbooking cardstock
- Clip light
- Daylight light bulb
- First I went into my kindling pile and found a cardboard box. Mine is 12″ X 12″ X 12″‘ but you can get any size that you need for your picture taking items. I cut out an 9″ X 9″ portion on the top and 2 sides. I left the bottom and back of the box alone.
- Then I went cut the white muslin to cover the 9″ X 9″ squares on the top and sides
- I taped the white muslin on
- I taped the white scrapbook cardstock on the back and bottom of the box
- Here is my finished box
- I went into my husbands work area and took his clip light and found one of our daylight bulbs
- Here is my finished photography box light
Here are a couple of pictures that I took with the light.
If you want to learn more about taking photos of your products here is a nice photographers blog.
This cheap photography light box only took 10 minutes to construct after I found everything. Now I can take pictures day or night. Let me know how you made your light box. I would enjoy hearing about your project.
Many Blessings,
P.S. Go out and take those grand pictures
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