Julius Studio 20 x 20 inch Cubic Table Top White Cube Photo Shooting Tent, Pop Up Light Box, Photoshooting Box with 4 Color Backdrop Background, White Black Blue Red, Diffusion Soft Box, JSAG874

I purchased this to digitize photo prints by shooting them with my digital camera. The tent softens light landing on objects (here photographs) placed inside and pretty much eliminates glare or shiny spots. The basic idea for shooting photographs is to mount your camera above the tent looking down (I used a copy stand) and lay the photos on the bottom of the tent (or on a rigid shooting surface). In this setup, the camera and top of tent can still reflect in the photos. To eliminate the reflection, make a dark mat surface (I used poster board on which I glued mat black paper) and cut a hole in it to poke your camera in. Then open up the top of the tent (what a great design), place your board and camera up top and voila, no reflections. If you are using your mobile phone to digitize, you can probably just lay your camera on the blackened poster board and skip the copy stand.

It says 24"X24" in the description, and if you take out a tape measure like I did it is, but it feels so much bigger. Plenty of room to photo a toaster or formal china platter. Sturdy construction I can tell the quality when putting it up or taking it down. It bends into hoops like a photography reflector or windshield sun screen and stores at about 5" thick by 10" in diameter. Storage bag included and the provided backdrops secure firmly via Velcro fastener to the inside of the cube. No assembly required. Just fold or unfold it and you are ready to go.

I purchased the 40" one and it is TRULY HUGE, which is great. The material is wrinkled and I will have to find my steamer and try to steam out the wrinkles,which is annoying.However, theworst part is that my highly experienced handyman was here and he could not figure out how to put it together. Took him time plus watching a video that was very weak in terms of instructions. He said "it's not you--even I who do this for a living cannot understand immediately how to put this together. He ultimately succeeded but could not put in the hanging background as they all need pressing. I would buy the item again based only on size, but the fact that the seller does NOT have the courtesy to include an instruction sheet is very inconsiderate, bad news. All my Amazon purchases have instructions---SELLER should read this and try to be more considerate of the buyer's perspective.

Upon opening it, I was being careful because I read in the reviews of people opening it and it just shooting out and hitting them in the face. Well even though it's careful the force is so strong that when I barely started to pull it out of the bag it's in it just popped open and hit me hard in the face. I mean really hard. They should put a warning on the bag or find some other way to package it. After I regained consciousness I inspected it and it seems like it had already been opened because the white fabric that comes with it was dirty and so was the side of the photo box. But overall it seems pretty sturdy and perfect for taking pictures of jewelry and natural lighting. I'll update on any other findings. It would get five stars if it weren't for getting punched in the face by the package and the fact that somebody had already purchased it and it was dirty and was resold at full price.

Works well once you learn how to set up your item and camera. A little difficult to fold back into case but is easily portable to fold mostly down. Good value for the money.

As a bonus my cat loves to play with the cube when I’m not using it for product shoots. Super easy to use and portable. Overall excellent quality product.

Thanks for this nice product. Good quality, easy to fold, big size, 4 background colors and small round bag included. I am satisfied with quality, size and price also much better than others. Also delivered on time.

If you're a professional photographer, this probably won't cut it for you - but then, you probably know that anyway. If, like me, you simply enjoy taking photos of stuff as a hobby, this will be perfect. Great price for what you get.