REVIEW: Mini Photography Box

Hey guys, sorry about the lapse in communication last week, I decided there was a little bit too much going on last weekend with my wedding to really get a decent blog post out. But I'm back this week and I thought id talk about the cheap mini photobox I picked up on Amazon last week.

I really feel that this is going to improve the quality of the photos I take of my miniatures, especially when used in tandem with the mini macro lenses I talked about the other week.

So what did I get for my £12? First of all, it comes flat packed in its own pull string bag which is neat;

It also came with lots of different coloured backdrops, so depending on what I'm photographing I can change the background to make the item really stand out. However I have only really used the black one so far and i'm not sure which of the other colours will be useful, maybe white if I'm taking a picture of a very dark item;

Once folded out and assembled using the popsnap(?) things it holds it's shape really nicely, and you can see the built in LED strips on the roof of the box. It also has a circular opening in the top for taking top down photographs of your subject;

It did also come with two micro USB cables and at first I wasn't sure how I was going to power them, but it does in fact work with my power bank, making the whole thing even more portable than I had first thought;

I did find that because the backdrops had been folded in half, there was an obvious crease in the backgrounds of my photos, and I'm not a big fan of the pattern on the material.

However it was incredibly good value for what I paid and I can always replace the backdrops with a better quality material later.

I did also find it hard to get my phone into a good position to take photos due to the walls of the box, but if I was using a DSLR with a more expensive lens I'm sure that wouldn't have been an issue.

Here are some of my first attempts with the photobox, taking pictures of some miniatures and prints;

If you want to see more, go check out my Instagram!

Finally here is a link to the box in question.

Well guys, that'll do me for this week. Hopefully will see you all again in a weeks time.

Troez.

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