Do it yourself: Lightbox

November 06, 2006

We recently contracted a website for a restaurant that wants to shoot it’s signature dishes to be published on their online menu so we had to figure out the best solution to take well lit photos in controlled white environment that would allow me to pull it out easily in Photoshop.

I found a great article entitled Do It Yourself Lightbox on Joseph Holt’s website. I followed his directions and 15 minutes later and $80 lighter, I had my very own lightbox. I’ve posted my pictures here so you can see the results. I’m pretty excited about it, myself.

I used a Trisuit cracker box because it was colorful and had depth and was the best thing I could find in the office that day. And, I like Triscuits, big deal.