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Originally Posted by jfm813 Great question! Thanks for asking! I have the same problem. I've thought about building a light box for all my pictures. Now if I could just remember who posted those instructions on their blog.....  |
You know, I built my own light box about a year ago. I don't always use it, but it does come in handy. Being in Australia, I often do my challenges at night and if I want to add them here straight away, well, I don't always have the benefit of natural light.
So - this is how I built my box:
1. I used an ordinary cardboard box - in fact, it's a Stampin' Up box that one of my orders was shipped to me in!!!! It's fairly big, so I can easily stand 2, 12x12 pages up inside quite easily.
2. You need to cut out the "middles" of both short ends of the box and one of the sides of the box - this is where you put your tissue paper to allow the light to come through.
3. Cover the "windows" with tissue paper (white tissue paper).
4. I then covered the inside of my box with white printer paper - trouble with that is, you can see the joins in the paper, however, most people will be looking at your creations, not the box you've put them in to photograph them well - LOL!!!!!
5. You need to cut the two long flaps off the box and leave the two short flaps in place to steady your box and to alter the amount of light coming into your box.
When using the box to photograph, you can place a light anywhere near the box and have it shining through any of the windows you've created. I've attached a photograph of my box empty, and with something inside, so you can see how it works.
I hope this helps!!!!!:-D
How do you take a good picture of your layout for posting?
