How to Build a Mini Studio for Macro Photography

If you have a very interesting subject to capture on your next macro photography shoot – be it a cool bug or perhaps a coin – you may want to shoot your subject with a white background and surroundings. But how do you do that if you don’t have a completely white room or a studio in your home?

In today’s macro photography video lesson you are going to learn how to build a mini studio / white room to use for those types of macro photography shoots. And best of all, the white room / white room you will create is portable and 100% collapsible, so you can easily take it out in the field with you on any photo shoot you might have planned in the near future.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I10duUoWW_UYou can find all of the basic materials needed to create this portable macro photography white studio / mini studio at just about any office supply store in your area. The main thing you’ll need is a large sheet of white Coroplast. This material is used to make signs and you can pick it up in big sheets for just a few bucks. Some stores may sell something called Tenplast, which is essentially the same material and totally suitable to use when creating your macro photography mini studio / white room.

You have to love it when someone simplifies a seemingly complex process. And that’s just what Adrian did in this time lapsed tutorial. Feel free to watch it a few times to get a feel for how to create your first portable white studio / mini studio at home. Before you head out to pick up your materials to create a mini studio / white room of your own, please click on the Share button to let other folks know about this killer macro photography DIY tutorial on how to build a mini studio / white room.

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