Cheap Light Boxes-Build Your Own
A collection of cheap do it yourself light boxes and product photo techniques.
Here’s a tutorial for a home setup with detailed Photoshop CS techniques
using curves to improve product photo shots. This is a good primer for Ebay sellers.
The Strobist blog has plenty of tips for shooting products. Here’s one with some excellent tips for shooting shiny objects.
He also has some great tips for making a cheap $10 light box for shooting macro photos using a cardboard box and some posterboard and a single light source.
Here is the cheapest DIY lightbox setup of all. Using 5 sheets of paper and a single light bulb this tutorial shows you how to make a cheap lightbox in about 20 minutes.
A slightly more expensive light box version using an Ikea laundry hamper can fit larger objects and folds neatly after use.
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