– doesn’t require a lot of gear or effort to set up. Here’s what I use for photographing most small objects, including the pocket knife image used for this post.
- A window with diffuse light, in my case I built a shelf under this one, as it has a day night blind.
- Timber offcuts assembled into a upside down “T” with a small bulldog clip to hold the background paper.
- Some plain A3 paper for the background
- A small reflector to get some detail back in the shadows
- A camera and for me that will usually be a digital SLR on a tripod but this setup should work with a phone or compact camera.
Here is a hasty image of it in action. It’s a great way way to work when the outside is uninviting and takes up very little space so you can leave it up.