As you may know, I have been looking for ways to improve my lighting situation for photographing cards. I came across this site that had instructions on how to make a light box for free! I scrounged one of my CTMH boxes and some tissue paper to come up with the supplies and set to work. The good news is, I managed to only poke myself twice with the razor blade I was using to cut the cardboard! Woohoo!!
First, locate a box of sufficient size and make sure it passes the "cat scan."
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Tape a layer of tissue inside each of the three sides you cut out. This serves to diffuse and reflect the light.
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Place your lamp so it shines in one of the papered sides, turn off your flash, and snap away! This is how my photo turned out:
![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DweaXlaoflE/S0s8EWe8XII/AAAAAAAAAGk/mlVspDrE_GI/s400/bto.jpg)
Thanks for looking!
Cheers!
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