Make Your Own Photo Light Box

Use an empty plastic box and white paper to make a light box.

Make your own photo light box. When your done you will see your border. It doesn t matter what you call it. 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.

The box in the video is 18 x 18 x 16 and the first step is to cut it so it s 10 high. Choose a cardboard box. Flip your box so that the opening of the container is facing your camera. With some cheap supplies a hobby knife.

As a reference you can use the centre square to calculate the size of one of the sides of the light box. 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. To make a proper diy light box display you need a huge cardboard box. Let there be light.

Measure out windows on either side of your box. 2 thin poster boards 3 reflective lights i got mine for 5 at job lot local discount store 3. You can build your own light box with a translucent plastic box and white paper. Ask workers at nearby stores for unnecessary boxes or buy the most suitable one from a storage enterprise.

A light box is a small box with reflective sides that bounces light in every direction to diffuse it and soften shadows. When your done you can take nice clean and crisp product shots. Go with led lights or even make a softbox like this for using it with speedlight. Cut this shape on a white 3mm perspex sheet.

The dotted lines are folding marks and not cuts. The bigger your box is the more extensive variety of objects of different sizes you will be able to photograph. Photography light box to take pictures of small to medium items. Step by step process.

Use a ruler to mark a point roughly 2 inches 5 1 cm from each edge on one side of the box. The size of your diy light box will be as big as the scale of your template. 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. Keep in mind that incandescent light bulbs can get hot so be careful when making and using a softbox like this.

To create a smooth background i placed a white poster board in the back of the light box. Place your box on its side so that the open flaps are facing you. Luckily i already had some nice big florescent lights to use with my box.