Built a light box...
broke the center part of the lamp shade out of the shade and installed the lamp element upside down.. using the prongs from the center part as a stand...
I cut a hole in a candy dish (with a white interior) big enough to fit the piece of the lamp sticking up above the mount but under the bulp...
then cut some plexyglass out of a picture frame in a circle to mount above the bowl for a place to put the item being pictured...
then took the lamp shade and put it over that (making a perfect stand for the camera while keepin in all light)
adding a piece of paper over the plexiglass and a lock to take pixs of... i came up with this
its not even decent, much less perfect... you can clearly see the bulb under the glass AND the flash was so strong it still left shadows...
any tips (other than turning off flash) on how to make this thing more perfect?