I made a box out of the white thick poster board, It has a bottom and three sides with no top. I take all of my pictures outside(because the lighting in my house is terrible). And take a ton of picture of each item. It has been really awesome, and it costed a whopping 4.00 to build. I still sometimes have to edit the photos a little to increase the brightness, but they turn out pretty good, and it really is easy to do yourself. (as long as you have a good camera) I use the macro setting on my camera, no fancy lenses yet...but I am looking into playing with some. Here are a couple of my product pics I have taken, both for me and a friends stuff. Good luck with your photos...you can pm me if you want some additional tips. Monica