As shooting still life is sometimes a requirement and having experienced how hard it was doing so without proper equipment I've decided to build my own light box.
Here's a breakdown of the material I've used:
-Cardboard box
-Tracing paper
-Duct Tape
-Gift wrapping paper
I went for quite a big box, allowing me more flexibility or perhaps shooting vertically.
I then cut square holes on the sides and added some duct tape to make it more sturdy.
I then taped tracing paper on top of the square holes.
For the seamless background I used gift wrapping paper. Even though I went to a specialist store finding anything else than A4 print paper seems to be quite a challenge in Switzerland. the wrapping paper is originally yellow, using the back of it seemed to do the trick and I hoped it wouldn't do any colour cast. Anyway, for the time being that's all I have.
I was then ready to make a test shot, I just used a simple lighter and although the paper does have a few "wrinckles" I'm quite happy about it. I'm hoping to improve it with time and customise it along the way.
After reviewing my test shot and seeing the background turned out dark grey I thought it would be useful to create a custom white balance by taking a shot with the white background filling the frame, then setting it to the cameras custom balance mode.
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