Weekend Fun Project - E-Bay Booth

[Rit]

So I'm bored and got all I wanted to get done this weekend, but there's plenty of time to kill. So I figured I'd improve my 'E-Bay Booth'. (Pardon my parts box there, this is also next to my 'work bench' where I fix LCD monitors.)

As you can tell it's simple and gets the job done, but the lighting is poor and even when I try to adjust my camera I always get pictures with dark corners. (Picture example below)

So I'm thinking of making the sides out of plywood instead of cardboard and line them with white paper and make some sort of overhead lighting instead of what I have on a tripod. I'm kind of a 'handy-man' type and like making my own stuff, if anyone has any suggestions, that would be greatly appreciated!

Question...

=> Would using every day flood lights work better for the overhead lighting track I'm going to make, or do I need to go for the 'professional' type lighting?

 

[Rit]

Ouch... no love for e-bay'ers huh?

 

[Dominantly]

Your lights are the problem. You have the clean sweep, but with the power and angle of those house lights, your going to get fairly poor and bland results.
You also have various shadows under your subject as it stands now, and over head light won't help that any.
You'll want to light that background a few stops hotter then your subject.