This week we came across a Kickstarter campaign that really caught our eye. It’s for a mini pop-up studio called Lightcase and we were won over by its simple concept and design.
Lightcase is basically a mini photographic studio that gives makers a quick, affordable and low-tech way to get clear, sharp and well-lit photos, without needing expensive camera equipment and lights. To use it just …
• pop up the case and click it into shape
• place it near a source of natural light
• choose your backdrop: frosted, white or black (or one of your own)
• position your object
• position your smart phone (or camera) either above or in front
• … and shoot
Back the project for just £27 on Kickstarter (or £22 if you’re quick enough to catch their earlybird offer) and get a Lightcase delivered to your door. Or… you could even win a Lightcase in our competition. We’ve got five to give away! To be in with a chance of winning one, just leave a comment on this post or email us at competitions@folksy.co.uk with the subject line “Smarten me up with a Lightcase please!”
The deadline for entries is midnight on Sunday 13th April. Five winners will be picked at random and the Lightcases will be sent out as soon as possible after this date.
Back the Kickstarter campaign here >>
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The makers of Lightcase are looking for Folksy sellers to photograph using the product, who will then be featured on their website. So if you are based in London and happy to try out the product and be photographed at your home or in your studio between 7th-14 April, email dominic@crinson.com.
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278 comments
Fabulous Idea for smaller projects :-)
I saw this the other day on kickstarter and thought it looked great!! If I’m not lucky enough to win one, I’ll certainly be buying/pledging for one! Simmi x
Wow, just what I could do with for my accessories. Fingers crossed :)
Nice. I could seriously do with one of these!
I take a lot of product shots for my friend Little Birdy who is actually a seller here on Folksy! This would make taking photos millions of times simpler!
Hi Lori! You’ve won! Can you please email us your address so we can post out your prize? The email address is competitions@folksy.co.uk.
brilliant idea, would be so useful as i always feel my photos don`t do justice to my craft work .
Fabulous product that I’d love to win!
Smarten me up with a Lightcase please!
Wow Id love to win one of these,such a simple idea but it’s brilliant!
Smarten me up with a lightcase, please!
Really great product! simple yet effective and time saving.
fabulous idea, this would be great for photographing jewelry
Would love one of these to take photo’s of my work.! Great idea :)
Could really do with one of these for my jewellery shots!
Brilliant ! Would love to use this for all my new products shoot !
This would be the “kickstart” I need to start listing my little knitted creations online!
great idea!
such a nifty idea. would definitely make my photos on my page look much better. fingers crossed :-)
Looks great! Would love one of these!
I would love to win one of these……great product :-)
Fabulous exactly what my ever growing studio could do with. A mini studio in a studio. Creativity now.
Oh I’d love this!
Looks like a really cool product!
I need all the help I can get
What a great idea, I’d love one!
Wow! I would LOVE one of these! Finding a nice light place to take my product shots is often a problem so this perfect little pop-up studio would be amazing.
Brilliant little light studio.
What a brilliant idea….definitely need one!
Wow – this is just what I need to help create the right conditions for taking better photos of my jewellery. I always have to lighten them on the computer which takes hours of editing! Looks like a great product! Fingers crossed I may be lucky enough to win one…..x
Would love this for my jewellery photos :)
Oh that would make life soooo much easier, yes please!
Whoa!! Super nifty! Love this!
I wish one of these. It will perfect for my projects!!!
What a great idea! <3
How have I survived for this long without one of these in my life?! I would really love to be smartened up with a Lightcase…please! xx
This looks really clever – and is exactly what I need!
Oh pretty, pretty please I would love one !! :) xxx
Great idea – I’d love to win :)
Such am amazing little design, so practical! x
So much easier than sellotaping A3 paper into a cardboard box lol!
One of these would be great! Thank you!
Genius! So hope they reach their goal, this will help soooo many creatives =)
Awesome idea. I especially like that it’s not bulky but so small when folded.
Would love this! Always having trouble with lighting for good photos! Daughter would love it too for her course!
I am intending to start up a business selling my own crafted accessories. This would be amazingly useful as I don’t know where to begin?!
Please let me win,could do with all the help i can get and this would be a great help :)
This would be perfect for my little bears :)
What a fabulous idea, so simple but effective!
That would be fantastic for photographing jewellery!
Ooh how can is this!? Much more practical than a light tent!
I would love to win one if these, photos of art can be tricky so all help welcome :)
Aww yes please! I’m doing a photography course and this would really help! Fingers and toes crossed!
What a brilliant idea. Would be a great addition to base camp! :)
Smarten me up with a Lightcase please!”
Id very much love to have one plsssssssssssss x
Oh I could really do with one of these! My photos are pants as my house is so dark!!
Oh this would be perfect for me so i could get my products photographed and get my folksy shopped back up and running!
Would love one of these! Would make taking product shots so much easier! <3
Oh this would give me HOURS back in my photo processing – I have to do a lot of prep and edit work at the moment to get nice photos and I sure that would cut down that time massively
This is just what a maker needs :)
This would be fantastic for photographing all the wonderful handmade products at Pippin, just what we need! In a busy shop I can’t always keep a blank white bit of space near the window, so a little pop-up area is just what I need!
Would LOVE one of these please. x
A fabulous idea to take photos of my projects & my glass ;)
Brilliant! What a nifty little idea :)
Ooh yes, I’ve got lots of little creatures that would benefit from being photographed in one of these! And if I’m not a lucky winner I’ll look forward to seeing the photos of those that are :)
Perfect idea, just right for jewellery too. I’m just in early stages of my own business. Ive got lots of pieces tbat need close ups, im experimenting at the moment with getting the best background, being a novice at it its taking a long time!!
Great idea! I would love to win one of these! Thanks! :)
So simple and so very smart looking – yes please!
looks great! might need a taller version too for tall vessels, but my studio needs one of these!!
This would make my life so much easier. Taking good photographs of my jewellery is definitely one of the hardest things for me. Would love to win one.
It would be great to have one! It looks so nice and practical!
This would be fantastic to win.. ill be sharing on my hobby group fab idea for us creative souls :)
Smarten me up with a Lightcase please! Wonderful concept and will help many people…its the simple things :)
This is just what i need!! Great idea!
Wow…what a brilliant idea, fingers crossed :)
That’s brilliant. And I could really, really make good use of one.
Looks fabulous!
This product looks fab! I will be keeping fingers and toes crossed that I win one but if not, I’ll be breaking my piggy bank open and counting up the pennies in the hope I’ve got £22 coins of the realm.
I am literally just about to attempt to start my own online crafty business and have been worrying if the photographs of my products will be good enough. Also I’m so broke it’s actually ridiculous so please pick me!! ;p
Such a clever idea! Smarten me up with a Lightcase please!
Fabby idea, well done for bringing it to market x
This is a great idea! Looks like it’d be perfect for the kind of shots I want to acheive.
Great product that I’d love to try! Fingers crossed!
What a great idea – I love it! :)
Wow, if we don’t win, think we will be investing in one of these. Great product.
Such a great idea. Would love to give it a go with my cards.
ooh this would be light at the end of the tunnel … (been searcjing) … to make light of my colourful art!
Brilliant! Finally, an easy way to show things off in detail!
Wow, I would love one of these
Looks great. “Smarten me up with a Lightcase please!”
The light box looks fab and is just what I need!!
Fab idea!!!
What a fantastic idea! Great for us small businesses that can’t afford to employ the services of a professional photographer!
What a great idea for photographing smaller products!
Fantastic idea. So simple
What a neat piece of kit, yes please !
My hand made books are very photogenic! This would suit them down to the ground, down to the ground!
fabulous, yes pls, ty x
Wow would love this its looks so easy and compact perfect for a small business owner like myself.
Oooh, this looks great. Pick me! Pick me! I’ve been contemplating trying to make my own light tent, but this looks far superior.
Fabulous product!
I have been looking for something like this for ages!
These look fab would love to win one!
Wow, that’s exactly what I need for my studio! So simple and such amazing results! Please, pick me! :)
What a super idea for professionally photographing small items. I would love one.
This would really help to get my ideas off the ground – I can’t sell without good product shots, and good product shots are hard to come by!
Such a good idea, I really need some help taking good shots of my makes!
Oh, this might even make ME take better photos!
This is such an amazing product and so easy to construct and use. The results look so professional. Even I could get great looking photos. NEED ONE
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I do all the detail shots at weddings – this would be amazing for use with the macro to make the bride’s jewellery pics really ‘pop’
This looks great! Would make photos a lot easier!!
…in other words… ‘Pick me, pick me, PICK ME!’ (Please)!
Wow, this would make life so much easier! Great idea xx
A great tidy solution for taking photos of crafts and models.
I love this! Would love to win one. It’s simple, portable, and love that you can shoot from top down!
This is just about perfect for my felty creations. I was just googling a light box and there it was. PLEASE let me be a winner. I live in Devon otherwise I would certainly give it a go.
Oooooo yes please xxxxx
what a fantastic idea, it would make life so easy for me.
Fabulous little bit of kit, perfect for say photographing jewels (like what I make!) :)
What an excellent idea! I always struggle to photograph my 3d pieces, so this product would be ideal for my needs :)
Smarten me up with a Lightcase please
Ooh that looks really neat. Can’t decide whether it will be tall enough for a flower but it’d be great for my smaller bits. Fingers crossed!
This looks like a great way of getting a plain background easily when taking photos. I’d love one!
Smarten me up with a Lightcase please!
“Smarten me up with a Lightcase please!”
Love this idea!
Smarten me up with a Lightcase please! It would be perfect for my bespoke needlefelted pieces
I opened a folksy shop ages ago…but I’ve yet to stock any products as I really struggle to get decent photos! If I won one of these I’d be over the moon!
Smarten me up with a lightcase please!
What a beautifully simple idea! Would love to win this.x
oh yes please!
Brilliant idea! Would love to win one :)
What a brilliant idea! I’d love to order one to Finland!
“smarten me up with a light case please”
Great simple idea…helps when you don’t have the photography equipment to get the clean shots..I’m starting my product photography shoot tomorrow, with a basic camera and borrowed props..we will see how it turns out : )
Ooh what a great idea!! This would be great for some of my smaller items!
The perfect little light studio to photograph small objects!
This would really help my new alt photo jewellery idea :-)
what a fab idea – I’d be super happy if I won one!
This would be sooooo, soooooo useful to me for taking my coin purse shots – I would love to win this.
Please enter me in this competition. It looks like a fantastic product – and my photos are rubbish. Thank you.
Brilliant product would love one!
Jewellery is notoriously difficult to photograph well and I think this little studio would make life a little easier for a micro business woman like myself who has to do everything, even publicity shots.
Wow, this looks fab! I’d love one!!
That would be wonderful … I’d like to be in with a chance of winning please :)
Just what I need to get good photos of my smaller items! ;-)
A brilliant idea, so clever! I would genuinely love one of these for taking all my product shots :)
This would be perfect for photographing my jewellery making x
Wow! This looks amazing and has to get to market in the UK, It looks like it’s so easy to set up and use! I spend hours taking and editing my product photos, and I’d rather be creating funky jewellery!
I’d love a lightbox it would enable me to list so much more in my Folksy shop if I could be confident taking photos of my beadwork
greetings from the Netherlands. I think it’s great that so many people all over the world are so creative at the moment!
This is what I’ve been looking for! A compact and cheap set up for shooting my products! Well done guys!!
“Smarten me up with a Lightcase please!”
Oh this would make life sdo much easier!!! Smarten me up with a lightcase please!!
This would make life so much easier!!!! Smarten me up with a light case please!!!
Aahhh this is a fantastic concept, love it!
What a marvellous idea. I’m just starting out and haven’t quite got the hang of photographing my products to show them off at their best. I’ve tried making one out of a cardboard box and a piece of white sheet, but I’m just not getting the results.
Wow, look at all the people who want one of these… Me too! I bought myself a pop up white box thing and have had no luck with it at all, too many creases and shadows. This looks much better, I’m keeping my fingers crossed! X
Portable and pop-uptastic.
What a BRIGHT idea! Would love one to light up my products.
I love this!! I would make so much use out if it
Love to win one need to improve my photography and looks a great size for my products
Yes please, I’d love to win one of these
I would love to win one of these nifty little things!
Great to make professional photo’s with this lightcase!
What a fantastic idea. Could be really handy. Would love to win one and Will check out the kick starter too
I definitely see a stop motion clip with this background :)
Cool nifty little device. Would love one, could help so much with my photography, I make puppets for illustrations.
That is awesome!! I could have used one so badly back when I was food blogging!
Absolutely amazing idea, would so love to win one and start putting it to good use :)
A fabulous idea, perfect for photographing decorations.
wow would be great to win to shoot my jewelry designs.
Ooh this looks ACE! Smarten me up with a lightcase, please!
Natalie x
I’m always in search of something to make my product shots simpler and nicer, this looks like the perfect product.
Oh what a wonderful idea! Would be overjoyed to win one!
Fab product – just what I need. Please count me in for the draw. :)
great idea and good design. good luck to them.
I’m just starting off my own little business from nothing. This is an exceptional idea and would make my photos look so much more professional. Great idea. Wish I’d thought of it!!
Totally fab idea!
This would be fantastic for photographing my handmade jewellery and decorations!
Would LOVE to win this please, would be so much easier for my photo shoots. :D
Yes please! Would love to win what looks to be a very smart and useful piece of kit!!
smarten me up with a light case please!!! it would make a huge difference to me :)
Love this new product and would be very handy for photos of my ceramics for folksy shop
This is so simple but ingenious at the same time. I always spend ages setting up & staging products I make to be photographed in good lighting. It seems too good to be true! The pricing is reasonable as well which is always an added bonus.
hello! Yes please! I love it!
So neat! I’d love one of these!
This is awesome and a fantastic solution to all my lighting problems.
Smarten me up! :-)
Smarten me up with a Lightcase please!
Would be so useful for my jewellery photography!
This is a fabulous idea, so handy and nifty. I’d love to win one!
Jade
Such a great, yet simple, idea :)
Wow what a great idea – would definitely be happy to win or purchase one of these to enable me to improve the online look of my jewellery. Smarten me up with a Lightcase please!
Fab idea! Would love this!!
Perfect
this would be great – such a simple concept. Love the fact that it folds away. would be amazing on a larger scale for my bigger work!
this is totally awesome – need!
Brilliant idea. I could really use one of these! My fingers and toes are crossed tightly. :-) x
Finally a simple cheap alternative!!
Should a neat idea! I love that it folds down so compact and it’s a great price too!
Yes please!! Would love one of those, photographing a product has got to be the TOP important thing to get right when selling on Folksy xxx
This looks like an amazing product. I have used similar but results didn’t look anywhere near these pictures. Would really love to use this in my work!
Great idea, and portable too, great!
Brilliant, simple, practical, affordable. What’s not to like?
Such a clever idea for little treasures!
Love this – wonder if it would work well with jewellery?! If so this could definitely solve an ongoing issue.
all it needs is a spanning fishing line to hang those earrings from. Love it!
or stick a bit of blue tack on the backdrop!
Gosh, this is great. This would make my life so much simpler. Would be great to win one!
So simple but so effective, looks perfect for photographing my soaps for the website etc. I’d be a very happy bunny if I won one :)
Would really love one of these to share with my friends and local community groups.
You must have been reading our minds, we’ve been looking into these recently, spooky!
I’m a budding new jewellery designer who could really benefit from a lightcase to help me kick start my business. Mount board sheds just don’t cut it! Thanks xx
FABULOUS idea! Thanks for sharing and for the opportunity to win!
I love how minimal it is, such a great idea.
Smarten me up with a Lightcase please! :)
Smarten me up with light case please
This would be perfect for me, I’d be delighted if I won one.
What a fab and neat idea, create even more inspiring arty things for Folksy people everywhere.
What a cool product. Would love to win one.
Such a simple yet effective idea, and a great size for using at home too.
Absolutely love this idea. It’s so simple and effective. Photography is not my strong point and this would really help me capture a great shot of my work.
This would be so wonderful to have for my product photos! Would it work if I danced around saying, “Pick me! Pick me!” ???
Exactly what I have been looking for – something easily portable for when I’m travelling , easy for my arthritic hands to assemble, ability to use it with smart phone a real bonus – now perhaps I can catalogue my yarn & capture it’s true colour!
Brilliant idea. Love it. Want it!
“smarten me up with a light case please” I would love one of these to photograph my mums jewellery on. Been looking for something like this for a while!! At the moment I jerry rig a4 pieces of paper but this is AMAZING!
I would love on of these as it would help so much photographing stuff to sell. It’s a brilliant idea.
Looks great! So much more convenient than having to set up background and lighting each time I take photos. I have signed up for one on Kickstarter.
What an amazing idea! Love it!
looks great! Would love to try this out as a mini studio for small accessories.
This would be perfect for us as we have difficulty capturing our jewellery.
What a fab idea! Ioften struggle with lighting things to photograph. This would solve so many problems! X
What a great idea – hope I win!
This would be ideal for my jewellery, means I could get rid of the unsightly tracing paper I have stuck to my front window!
Wow, this is just what every creative maker needs. Trying to master all the skills in running a business is challenging so we need simple solutions. This is it and I would really love one.
Ooh soooo much easier than my big card backdrop…perfect!
That’s a great piece of kits! Good work to the makers. I certainly would like one.x
Ooo, what a nifty little device :)
I really need this lightbox! Hope I win, hope I win, hope I win!
I love it! Have pledged, hope to win one! Hope they get all their pledges, such a good idea.
Would be perfect for me and my Little Pips :)
Looks like a very useful product! Count me in, please!
OMG! I sooooooooooooooo need one of these! I’ve got an old box lined with plain wallpaper at the moment, but it’s all faded now :-( and have even used a plain pop-up wash basket recently, but there is nothing like a professional light box to get a perfect image!
I would love to win one of these, would help so much. A very nice giveaway for some lucky winners.
Brilliant! Simple and effective, and perfect for all my projects. Brilliant!!
I’d love to win one of these – I need one for my piccy’s.
Would love one of these – it would really improve my photos!!
THIS LOOKS AMAZING, WHAT AN INVENTION !!!
Great little gadget. Would love to try one out or win one.
Already backed on kickstarter, but would love to have a spare! :)
What a great product. Perfect for so many different products.
Brilliant! I need this now!
What a great idea, could really do with one of them!
Ooo fab, awesome, want it, need it!…yes purleeeease :0) xx
Smarten me up with a Lightcase please!
Hi Nicola! You’ve won! If you email us at competitions@folksy.co.uk we can get your prize posted out to you. Camilla x
I soo need one of these!!
This looks fab, perfect for a crafter who needs to work in a small space!
Wow this looks fantastic.
This looks so simple but very effective. I would love one please..
I’ve been searching for something like this, its such a great idea. Its so difficult to sometimes get the right shot and this will make it so easy!
Looks like a great and affordable piece of kit!
This looks like the perfect solution for my jewelry-photographing-problems….would love to win one!
This is a great idea and would be so useful for my product photos. Good luck to the inventors – I’m sure it will be a best seller.
Smarten me up with a Lightcase please!
Such a simple yet effective idea-this would revolutionise my product photography. Well done Dominic Crinson! :)
I would love to win one of these please! What a great gadget, just what I need for my product shots!
This looks great. I make stained glass items and its always a pain trying t get the lighting right – either too bright or to dull depending on the sun, this wold make life so much easier and produce a great effect. Think this might be a must buy.
Oh I could so do with one of these to get decent background and lighting for my jewellery photos
Smarten me up with a Lightcase please!
what a great product – yes please yes please. x
Fab product …. I need it in my life!!!
I would love to win this, it would make product photography so much easier! If I don’t win I will definitely back the project and get my own :)
This is a great product, I would love a chance to win one please.
Absolutely fabulous – would definitely put one of these to good use as I am terrible at taking pictures :)
Looks fantastic! Would definitely buy one!
My goodness, what an innovative idea. Makes it so easy for makers to get great images.
Wow!! what a fabulous yet simple product!. I would love one to take photos of my purses and brooches
Wow! what an awesome product for showcasing my work!! Love it, hope I win it!!
We’ve been looking at how we could improve shots of our products. This would do the job perfectly!
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