How To Make A Light Box Display

Size a lightbox utilizes a closed environment to effectively diffuse light over your subject.

How to make a light box display.

All materials used in this tutorial can be bought for. Therefore a larger subject will necessitate a larger lightbox. This box has 60 x 40 x 8 cm aprox 15 by 23 by 3 tall and you can make it any size you want but i recommend not making it too shallow so you can get a better light refraction inside the box. Created with wondershare filmora.

For even lighting you can also consider shooting outside in direct sunlight. With just a couple hours some 1x4 1 4 in. What to look for in the best photo light boxes. Just make sure that the sun is not directly shining in front of the product.

Instead let your light box filter the light and adjust the barn doors to create even illumination. Plywood some plexiglas and a cheap led light strip you can have a homemade light box for tracing and art projects. If you re shooting jewelry an 18 inch box should suffice whereas someone shooting desktop computers might need a 48 inch. Watch this photographer walk you through how to build your own light box for small product photography.

For the material i am using 10mm plywood that is going to be joined with 45º miters with internal splines for reinforcement but you can use solid wood.