Name: How To Make a Low Budget Light Box - Auctiva Tips & Tricks
Uploaded: 2016-11-26T05:06:59.000Z
Duration: 7 min 13 s
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Hey all you online sellers, this is Steve from Auctiva.com

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and right now, I want to show you   an easy way to make more money.

We live in a visual world, which means the   images you use in an online marketplace

play a crucial role in determining a sale.

The name of the game is pictures, and professional product shots equal more sales.

So to get the most out of your product pictures, I am going to show   you how to build a light box in just a few easy steps.

This light box will help you increase sales by isolating your   product from its background, while placing emphasis on its details.

It will also provide a well lit environment for an excellent camera exposure.

So in order to build this sales increasing machine,

we're going to need a few things you can probably find around your house.

Your going to need two light sources, preferably with flourescent bulbs,

you will only need a box cutter or carpet cutter.

The first thing I want to do is grab my ruler and pen and mark   the guidelines on the box for the sections that will be cut out.

When I am drawing my guidelines to cut the sides out of the boxes,

I want to use the width of the ruler, just about an inch.

If your using a straight edge, this is   about a good size to go for.

I will be marking three sides of the box, and be leaving one side   of the box blank, as well as the bottom of the box.

Alright, now that I have drawn the squares on the   three sides I am going to cut out,

Now be careful here, because it is very hard to   type and list things online with missing fingers.

Alright, now that I have my three light holes in place... one, two and   three. I'm gonna go ahead and remove the top and two side flaps.

And the last one... Alright, there we go.

Now that we have gotten this far, I am going   to go ahead and put the poster board inside.

The idea for this is that it will be the   background for the product we are going to shoot.

So on the poster board I have a glossy and a matte side.

Your going to want to use the matte side facing out   so the reflective side doesn't interfere with the camera flash.

Now as you can see the poster board is a little bit bigger than our box   here, so what I am going to do is just mark that off.

Now that I have made my mark, I am going to use my straight edge here to   make a guideline so we can cut off the excess poster board with our scissors.

Im gonna make this poster board a better size.

Now when I put my poster board inside, I want to be careful I   don't put any creases in it. Remember, this is a lighting background.

So as I get it inside, I have this nice curve.

Now that I have got the poster board in and all the way to the top, I am just going to   secure the top of it with a piece of tape, so that doesn't slide down or go anywhere.

Now it's time to lay the tissue paper over   the holes we've cut in our box.

All I am going to do is lay the tissue paper   over the side I want it to be at.

Once I have got the tissue paper here, I am just going   to take one piece of tape to hold that in place.

Alright now that I have got it in place, lets go ahead   and secure this tissue paper with tape around the edges.

Then I am just going to continue doing the   same thing for the other two sides.

Now that I have gotten to this stage where my   three cut sides have tissue paper on them,

something to keep in mind is if this is not diffusing light as much as you want it to   and we will see that in the finished product, you can always add more layers of tissue paper.

Now that I have got my three sides ready to diffuse light,

lets go ahead and bring in the lighting source.

So for this far side, I have a clip light right here.

I'm going to go ahead and clip this to my table.

And for this other side I have got this little desktop lamp right here.

Alright now that our light box is built and we have our light sources,

Now one thing you may want to play with   to make your shots as perfect as possible,

is adjusting the focal points of the lights. Where they are aiming.

Make sure there is no shadows within your box   and that plenty of light is coming in.

Keep in mind with your light source next to the tissue paper, you want to   make sure you turn it off when you walk away from your light box.

Alright let's have some fun and try a product shot... with our little buddy.

Now let's review the steps that we've done in building our light box.

For more online selling tips and tricks, you can visit our YouTube channel,

From auctiva.com, I'm Steve, wishing you the best in your online sales.

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