You dont need expensive lights or a professional table top background 
stand to take good pictures of your ebay items.

All you need is a chair, a sheet of white paper and natural light. Put 
the chair outside in the garden and clamp the paper to the chair leaning
as shown in the image.

A cloudy day will be the best. The clouds will work like a diffuser. The 
light is soft and even and there is no dark shade.

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Use a large sheet of white paper to bounce light into the shadow

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No budget table top photography

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