Super Simple Light Tent

How to Build an Indispensable Tool for Small-Item Photography By Bill Wilson

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Figure A: An apple photographed inside the tent

I was inspired to do this project after seeing the PVC light tent posted on the MAKE blog (www.makezine.com/go/PVCLightTent). This light tent uses a cardboard box, some white material (Tyvek), and lets you take reasonable photos of products such as bottles, watches, jewelry, small objects, etc.

1. Select Materials

First thing to do is find yourself a usable box. The box I used is a half of a resin plastic shelf. The dimensions are roughly 16" x 15" x 15". This size has handled most things I have ...

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