I haven't been a contributor to DT for very long so I am still working out what sells and learning new techniques or improving existing skills.

I can see a lot of macro photography when browsing the portfolios. Macro photography is appealing to me because it avoids the problem of getting model releases (which currently prevents me from uploading some of the shots I have).

So I thought I would give it a go even if the resulting photos do not sell. At least I would be learning from the experience.

But how do they get those closeup macro shots with a pure white background and perfect lighting of the subject?

After some investigation and reading the DT blogs I found (at least part of) the answer :- a lightbox!

But lightboxes ...