Last Monday, when I was surfing the internet I find out about macro photo studio from viNcee in Low Yat forum. At first, I have no idea what it was but after a few reading, I realized that I already built it before but the set up was much simpler than at strobist.
A few years ago, I was selling some items on lelong.com.my. To attract buyers I had to take picture of all of my items. So, this was my first time experiencing macro photography. But with small budget, I only used point and shoot (PnS) camera, a Canon Power A610.
The set up was so simple. I use 2 boxes and a few sheets of A3 paper. I use room light and camera flash as the lighting. The outcome was acceptable but because the source of light was minimum, I had very tough time to get a clear picture. Most picture were dark. Even with photoshop, I couldn't correct them.
When I read the guide in the Strobist and also some posts by forumers in Canon Digital Photography Forum, I found that their pictures are superb with their own design of Mini Studio. There are a lot of design. If I'm not mistaking, the price of those light box can easily reach thousand hundred ringgit base on the material and also the size. However, in strobist blogspot, they claimed that the cost of their macro mini studio are no more than $10. Is it true?
So I forked out my RM20 and go to the nearest stationary shop. I will not use "used box" because I will try to make my own box from scratch.
