This creative project presents a comprehensive and detailed guide to the building of inexpensive studio lighting equipment. The projects include simple equipment such as backgrounds, snoots and scrims to more specialized equipment like the glassware table and softlight box.Each project includes figures and instructions for building the equipment. At the end of each project are examples of the effects of each piece of equipment in a photographic situation.Also included is a list of photographic data on how each of the photographs was taken.