Here is a shot I took in the light box using glossy white poster paper as the background.

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Here is the light box. (I'm using green paper and the top light isn't on.) These are just $10 clamp on shop lights from Home Depot with the 100W daylight flourescents. I think that the bulb laying there is a 50W.

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