Lighting LIGHTBOX - A tutorial

Awesome! Thanks so much! I'm totally going to go look for a box now

 

Thank you! I've been trying to figure out a cheap way to make one of these. Your tutorial is simple to follow and very helpful. I'll be on the lookout for an MSD sized box.

 

Thank you!!!!

 

Thank you that was very useful.

 

Wow, thanks so much for the easy to follow and affordable tutorial on very useful sets of tools. Lights, camera, Box, Action ^_^

 

*Taking a huge card board box* WHoa I'm ready...^_^ thanks for the tip! Love love it!

 

Hey mechakal~
Job well done! Thank you for posting that up~

 

Interesting)) Thank you!!!!

 

Seems feasable for me! I could do this with a number of boxes I have

 

AH! This box totally rocks my socks. I have to make one >.<

 

Quick and very easy to follow! I'll be borrowing this method for sure! Thank you for sharing! ^.^

 

Great tutorial! I tried to make a lightbox once and it went by the wayside since I never got around to getting the rest of the supplies after cutting out the box.

 

Thank you for posting, this is a wonderful tutorial! And so easy to do,it only took me a couple minutes to make. I didn't have any tissue or baking paper so I had to use a white garbage bag. It actually worked beautifully.

 

Love this tutorial. I think I'll have to try it out soon for myself!

 

This is great!!

I've been wondering how I could make a place for easy pictures and this is great!!
I'll have to find a box big enough for it though :B

 

And here it is! Just thought I'd share =D
The moment I was done my cat decided he like it XD

Though I made a mistake and took out all the sides.... it still works pretty well ^^
Will have to find a way to make the back side darker :B

 

Thanks for the tutorial! I have wanted a lightbox for ages but the cost always put me off. Yours is great and just as effective!

 

There's plenty of cardboard at my house because we're about to move. I've been wondering for ages how to set a lightbox up in a way that would make it easily moveable and this is perfect! Thank you so much for sharing

 

What a wonderful tutorial! I just made one myself actually! It's a little too small for my MSD to fit in it standing, but sitting it's fine!
Excellent job on the tutorial!~ Thanks!

 

Now if you could just make that collapsible, for those of us with storage space issues, that would be grand. But as I have no room for a box that size to sit around and take up space in, I will just admire the effort.

 

if you want a collapsible version, you could use thick wire or plastic/wooden dowels in the corners.
That way it can be folded up when not needed and the framing can be stored away easy.

 

Yes, but that would defeat the purpose of using readily to hand materials on it. I don't have things like wire or dowels sitting around my house, or any real way of just popping off to go pick some up at a hardware store, since my car is broken right now.

 

Thank you so much for this! I might have to give this a shot in the future.

 

Definitely will be trying this once I get my dolls! Thanks very much! ^^

 

oh wow, thanks so much! This will definitely be very helpful

 

I just started making one of these after seeing a tutorial on a figure blog. Awesome that we have one over here as well. Can't wait to start taking pictures once mine is all done!

 

Oh how awesome! Looks professional, thank you for that. I have to say that this Photo tip thread is just great!

 

This is wonderful and cleaver
Gonna try to make one ^^

 

This is brilliant! Thank you so much for this tutorial ^^

I'm off to find a box!

 

Really? I've got a ton of wooden dowels in my house right now XD I don't even know what to do with them!

Thanks so much for this!

 

Thanks so much for sharing the tips on how to make this. I've been meaning to make one for a long time but still haven't got around to it. I still have the box in storage though

 

WOW thank you so very much for posting this tutorial! I was going to go out and pay alot of money and buy one, but after your tutorial I'm going to make one! YAY another holiday project for me!

 

This is so helpful - lighhting is my biggest problem and I've been taking everything outside to make up for that, but it's winter and cold now. I will definitely be putting this plan to use and will share my results - thanks!

 

This is awesome! Thanks for taking the time to make it. I have one thing to add, though I have no experience to speak from. I noticed you used a white cloth to make the background. For variety, would a patterned fabric or patterned paper still look good? I would like to try once I find a box large enough for my SD girl.
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I really like this tutorial. I am going to have to try it out. I have plenty of fabric cardboard boxes and supplies lying around the house.

 

Great tut! I love the homemade light box too, kinda more than the "pro" cube I have. You can get cubes at lots of places these days and they aren't that expensive, even the largest ones are fairly affordable.

BUT, that said, the light boxes I've made myself trump the cube because it's made to order and despite the fact that cubes are collapsible, which is to say, you can fold them up but they're a huge pain to fold back down because they are on a constant strain to pop out (>___<).

I have found that a somewhat heavy vellum paper for the sides really diffuses the light well too, not to mention being more durable (and you can experiment with colored vellum too). I also like to cut out the back and use a sheer curtain and then set up in front of a tall bright window - the extra natural light from behind and above helps lessen the yellow you might get from flashes and lamps

 

very useful and great tuts!!! WILL MAKE ONE SOON!

 

I have two lightboxes. One big and one small and I couldn't live without them. It's so much easer to get good photos with them.

 

very good idea!

 

Thanks for posting this! I can't wait to try to do this!

 

Thanks for sharing! I'm going to make one tomorrow~

 

Great tutorial Thank you ^u^

 

wow this is easy to make and very helpful, thank you for sharing

 

What a helpful tutorial! I will try this too! I am always troubled with lighting

 

Thank you for making this post! i'll definitely try this out!

 

Okay, that was a totally epic tutorial, colopur me impressed x I will DEFINITELY be trying his out when I photograph my guys x

 

Thank you so much and it's very useful

 

Woot. I can definitely use this idea.

 

Fabulous tutorial. I love the fact that you use everyday & readily accessible items to make something so useful...Thank you for sharing.

 

I'm new to both photography and the BJD world, so thank you for this impressive tutorial!

 

I plan on making a lightbox myself :3

 

Thank you for this small tutorial! This seems easy to do and will do miracles with winter photos ^^

 

Very cool!!! Thanks for sharing I just need to find a box big enough