Milk juggy light box

so I got this from my friend who whent to photography school for
like three years.

I was talking about how to get better photos of my figs. I told her
I had done several different hand made light boxes and different things.
Then she ask me if I had used a milk jug...?
And then she told me how to do it.

I took a empty milk jug and cut the top off.
then cut a strip of card board and a strip of material for a background.



Then I used some tape to fix the material to the card board and bent it
into a "L" shape.

Next placing it in the carton, this makes a floor and back
While leaving the sides and top to collect light.






Now all I had to do was put a fig in and adjust the lights and my settings.



Here is one of the shots I got.



The entire thing cost next to nothing and produced better results than
any light box I have built in the past.

Dang thing keeps cutting off the right side of my pics!!!

That is a cool idea for single model shots, squads could get trickey though.

Part 2

So I was not content with my new home made light box and while at work today
I found a new container. It was more like a rectangle, made of the same
white/clear plastic like a milk jug and a much better size.



Again I cut the top off, and trimmed a piece of card board.
Note the fold is allready in place.



Next I took some metal strap and used the glue gun to stick them to
the back of the card board.



Continuing with the hot glue gun I attached the fabric to the back wall
section of the board. Then bent it into a "L" shape.





After that I tacked the floor section down on the back side making sure
that it was nice and tight.



Now I just slid it into the light box and used a clip to hold it in place.



As you can see this one will hold larger models and its easy to set them
up and position them.

So I set up the 2 lights with just plain 60 watt bulbs and positioned them
slightly to the front.



Here is a pic I got of my GK Dread.



One last thing I did was to add one more light over the top.



And one more shot with the extra light.



This was easy, quick and I can keep it in storage as is so I can shoot pics of
models on the fly. Hope this might help your future projects look even better.
Enjoy.