I'm still learning everything, but I started using the camera to take photos of my 1/6 scale custom figures and stuff I wanted to share on this account, BUT...for the final product, I really want to take like PROFESSIONAL quality photos (well, as professional quality as I can possibly take).

I went on YouTube and tried to learn as much as I could regarding photography, lighting, and what I discovered to be very important, light diffusion.


The issue I'm still having is, trying to decide whether to try to "build" a light box & lighting kit, or buy a cheap one on Amazon. Anything really professional is SUPER expensive, so the cheap ones get tons of bad reviews, and it makes me wonder if it's gonna be a waste of money getting a cheap light box, and cheap photography lighting.

So far, after reading tons of Amazon reviews, I feel like this Cowboy Studio lighting kit is really good for $54.99, but I'd still need to get a light box or background.


Then, you have all these different cheap light boxes, some of which seem to get really bad reviews, but I know I def need something to diffuse light, so...make one or buy one? I can't decide. Here is a Square Perfect 30-inch Light Tent Photo Cube Softbox for $35.17 that seems somewhat ok to get the job done, with somewhat ok reviews:


BUT...that's $90.16 TOTAL plus taxes/shipping just to take nice photos of my 1/6 custom figures!!! (I have Amazon Prime, but still...)



Is it worth it? Everyone on Amazon reviews says that's pretty standard to get your cheapest lighting kit put together, but... that just seems like a LOT of money just to take some photos of 12" figures (1/6 scale hobby).

Maybe some people on here with Photography knowledge can help or suggest something to help me out?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I'm excited to share my custom OOAK 12" figures already!

Thanks for reading.