DIY Mini Studio

Had been doing some research on improving my indoor shots.

Previously, I just didn't have that special corner at home where I can shoot good shots.
Ended up with shots that were mostly normal & uninteresting.
And most of the backgrounds were either my bed, my pc, or my kitchen sink.
Not the best backgrounds and it totally makes your shots look badly clutterred.
Solution for this problem is pretty easy: a piece of white paper.

You can see that there is a slight yellowish hue to this image of a XFX GPU.

Reason? The wall where the flash bounced off was painted light yellow.

The above shot of my XFX GTS250 graphics card is taken with nothing more than a white piece of paper.
I simply laid it against the wall and placed the GPU on it.
Simple.
But there's a catch.
Your flash would have to bounce off the walls of your room.
If you had pure white walls, this should not be a big issue.
But I believe a lot of people do not have their houses painted pure white.
If you have a light green wall, your bounced flash will also be light green in color and this shows in your photos.
This means you have little control over your lighting (what if your walls were black, dark blue or dark brown?).


What I did, was to build this simple setup from nothing more than items you could find around the house.
And it only takes less than an hour to make.

Doesn't look like much, but it works =)

What you need are:
1) Cardboard box (recycled)
2) Binding tape ($0.80)
3) Mahjong paper/white paper ($0.50)
4) White & black manila cards ($1.50 each)
5) Cutter/knife/scissors
6) Paper clips


What you need to do is simply to cut out the sides of the cardboard box.
Cut out the mahjong paper according to the size of the holes on the cardboard box and tape them onto it.
Then clip the manila card onto the inside of the box. This will become your background for your shooting.
And by investing in more manila cards, you get to have different colored backgrounds.


And it's done!
Simple as that!


And here are some of the results!
Enjoy shooting indoors! =)

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