A few weeks ago, I read about how to make your own simple light box. The fact that the blog post author kept saying “dude” and “don’t bleed on the tissue paper, yo” should have warned me that it wasn’t a very nice one. However, I sucked it up and decided to make it anyway.

It was simple enough. I cut out some portions of a cardboard box and taped tissue paper over them. I glued a curved piece of poster board inside to give it the nice fluid background look. Shine a light through the tissue paper and I was set.

And I didn’t once bleed on the tissue paper, yo.

Most of my pictures came out yellowish. This was extremely frustrating, especially when photographing white buttons. After seeing (and hearing…poor thing,) me sigh repeatedly at the photographs, Dan decided to take matters into his own hands. He vanished for a little while and made me promise to stay in our room until he was done. About 30 minutes later, he let me come see what he had finished.

Sitting in our dining room was a monster of a light box. It is about 3′x3′ and has 4 huge lamps attached. The picture clarity is superb. The construction is perfection. The smooth white lighting is decadent.

I can’t believe I just referred to lighting as decadent.

I hope no one wants to come over for a dinner party because this box is not moving from our dining room table. Prepare yourselves for delicious photos of inanimate objects. Kittens will not be photographed in the light box. I don’t trust them to refrain from turning it into a square scratching post.

And just because I can, another photograph of Britney. You’re welcome, Internets.