How To Make A Light Box

Watch this photographer walk you through how to build your own light box for small product photography.

How to make a light box. Your box should glow and make an attractive 3d image in silhouettes. Learn how to make a cheap lightbox for tracing in this restless colour tutorial. I ve been wanting to get a light box for a while now but the ones commercially available are either bulky with florescent tubes or expensive with leds. How to make a compact led diy light box.

Now your silhouette light box is complete. Use a pencil and ruler to mark an outline on the outside of 3 of the walls. Cut square holes in 3 sides of the box to allow light to pass in. Make the outline about 2 inches 5 1 cm in from the edges of the box.

It doesn t matter what you call it. 0 4px 8px 0 rgba 0 0 0 0 2 0 6px 20px 0 rgba 0 0 0 0 19 step 3 add javascript. This can make a nice wall decoration or mood light. On a recent trip to ikea i saw the dioder led set for about 25 and i got inspired to make my own led light box at techshop.

You can even use it as a night light in your child s bedroom and your kids can help you make it. If you have a particularly big box you might want to make the window smaller to ensure that you can still cover it with one piece the fabric or paper. Example script open the modal. You can also trace a window on the top of your box as well which will allow you to light the item you re taking a picture of from above.

I shot this image at f 22 half a second shutter speed and 400 iso. Remove the top flaps from your cardboard box. Turn down the lights in your room and turn on the lights behind the picture. See the even lighting and color temperature.

A light box makes tracing your favorite designs easy you can trace your designs directly onto thick high quality paper versus thin tracing paper. With some cheap supplies a hobby knife. Light tent light cube light box macro photo studio or a mini photo studio. All materials used in this tutorial can be bought for.

Rather than spending a significant amount of money on a store bought light box make your own diy version using a few items you may already have in your home.