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DIY Light Box Revamp

I had mentioned in my previous post that I wasn't 100% pleased with my lightbox.  So I tried a piece of blank poster board for a more neutral background.   I think the results this time are much better.  With Without With Without I think the real problem is that I simply don't have enough light to get great photographs of my things, but I don't think the landloard would take kindly to me adding a skylight!

DIY Light Box

So, I had been dragging my feet about an Etsy shop because I'm always reading things that say "a good photo is the key to selling on Etsy." So I wanted to create a light box to get the best photography possible.  This box is very simple and the directions were found at Flax & Twine blog  and were really good, so definitely check her out.  Supplies:  A box (I used one from Aldi because it already had one of the sides cut out)  Tissue Paper Tape Aluminum Foil (I used this to try to fancy up the backdrop)  First cut up your box, you want as much light going into your box as possible, so cut the sides about an inch away from the edges....the picture for this part is somehow missing.  Tape the tissue paper to the sides to diffuse the light.  I used clearance from Christmas.   It was cheap-don't judge me Before I added tissue paper across the top of the box, I lined the back with crumpled aluminum foil to give the background a ...