How to make a very cheap lightbox for macro photography.

[seedlingsjewelry]

Here is another tutorial I found today on this subject -- a bit simpler to follow and lots of photographs showing how things look different with the light source moved around:

http://myrepurposedlife.blogspot.com/2010/01/how-to-make-light-box.html

[windyriver]

I used a cardboard box and frosted vellum to make mine - it cost basically nothing since we had the box and the vellum was a left over material that my husband rescued from his workplace. I use either halogen lights with it or if it's a nice, really sunny day out it works great there too since it cuts back on all the harsh shadows. I have gotten some nice results from it!

sylvia windhurst
http://windyriver.blogspog.com/
http://windyriver.etsy.com/

[AllWiredUpTOO]

My photos are usually really good or really bad..thanks!
Off to build my box!

 

OK scrapping my photo session for the day..have to discover WHY my Kodak 8.3 doesn't have a white light filter..my 4.1 DID!