How to make a small simple photo studio

1. Open windows on three or four sides of the cardboard box (except for the opening and bottom of the box). Here is a little tip. When opening the window, don’t rush to cut it off directly. You should reserve 4 corners on each side. When all sides are cut, cut them all off again. This way, the carton will not be easily affected by the pressure during cutting. And the pressure was overwhelming.

2. Cut a piece of background cardboard of suitable size and put it into the box and fix it. Note that the lower the light transmittance of the cardboard, the better. Pay attention to the curvature of the cardboard and feel it.

3. Add black matte paper inside the box so that the main body of the studio comes out.

4. Next steps: Paste white paper, cloth or sulfuric acid paper on the windows on the left and right sides and the mouth of the box. The ordinary printing/copying paper I use in the picture is suitable for white light sources (daylight/fluorescent lamps, daylight-colored energy-saving lamps), and its advantage is convenience.

Sulfuric acid paper, I personally think is suitable for yellow light and other non-white light sources (ordinary yellow light bulbs, warm-color energy-saving lamps). The advantage is that the astigmatism is uniform and delicate.

Cloth is the most difficult material to operate, but it can ensure the purity of light. It should be because cloth can achieve a high degree of space sealing and isolate most of the interference from external light. You can use a white vest to experience it. .

5. Light source: At least 2 desk lamps are needed. You can use "Lilipu" daylight-colored energy-saving lamps (the warm light color is yellow), 20W is considered bright!

The positions are basically up and down, one above the box mouth, one on the left and right sides or diagonally below. You can decide according to the specific items you are shooting.

Personally, the best number is 4, 1 each for the top and bottom, and 1 each for the left and right