>>6955704Basically a cardboard box with most of the top, sides and front surfaces cut out. On the floor and back you bend this big piece of thick paper. On the top i attached 'calqueer' paper or some other semi-translucent paper to diffuse the light. One the sides I also have two only partially attached squares of that paper so i can still open them up and put my hand or camera through if i want.
Basically, this gives a nice backdrop and diffuses the light so the shiny plastic doesn't give nuclear white highlights. This is a very cheap way to do it, but it's kind of a big thing to have around if you don't spend the time to make one that can fold in of itself.
Oh and I recommend making it way deeper so the floor plain has more room. I made it a little shallow, so when i have something bigger to photograph it gets tought to get light to shine through the top diffuser and shine on the front of my subject.
The larger your floor/roof surface is, the better you can get an angle of lighting through the top diffuser and get nice light from the front. If the angle of the light through diffuser is very steep, you can get shadows in the face of your subject.
