Make Your Own Photo Light Box

The size of your diy light box will be as big as the scale of your template.

Make your own photo light box. When your done you can take nice clean and crisp product shots. Now that you have the materials i will show you out to make a light tent step by step. Light tent light cube light box macro photo studio or a mini photo studio. Place your box on its side so that the open flaps are facing you.

2 thin poster boards 3 reflective lights i got mine for 5 at job lot local discount store 3. As a reference you can use the centre square to calculate the size of one of the sides of the light box. You can build your own light box with a translucent plastic box and white paper. When your done you will see your border.

Ask workers at nearby stores for unnecessary boxes or buy the most suitable one from a storage enterprise. Large cardboard box thicker box will hold up to the abuse of cutting and working on it several yards of white cloth i got 3 yards wide think double stick tape i used shurtape carpet tape thin double stick tape. Use an empty plastic box and white paper to make a light box. Go with led lights or even make a softbox like this for using it with speedlight.

To make a proper diy light box display you need a huge cardboard box. The dotted lines are folding marks and not cuts. A light box is a small box with reflective sides that bounces light in every direction to diffuse it and soften shadows. The box in the video is 18 x 18 x 16 and the first step is to cut it so it s 10 high.

To create a smooth background i placed a white poster board in the back of the light box. A take your box with a tape ruler and marker and measure in 2 from the side of the box marking multiple points with your marker. It doesn t matter what you call it. Flip your box so that the opening of the container is facing your camera.

Step by step process. Use a support placed behind the back sheet to hold the poster up so it curves down to create a smooth look from the background to the foreground of the box. Draw a straight line with a pencil along the edges of the box to connect these points creating a rectangle with space around the edges. Choose a cardboard box.

Luckily i already had some nice big florescent lights to use with my box. Keep in mind that incandescent light bulbs can get hot so be careful when making and using a softbox like this. Use a ruler to mark a point roughly 2 inches 5 1 cm from each edge on one side of the box. You could also use white cardboard instead of perspex.

The bigger your box is the more extensive variety of objects of different sizes you will be able to photograph. With some cheap supplies a hobby knife. Cut this shape on a white 3mm perspex sheet.