Light Boxes

I want to learn how to do product photos/photos with a white only background. After some reading online, it seems I need a lightbox. I made two using the directions on this site:
http://www.wikihow.com/Create-an-Inexpensive-Photography-Lightbox
Here they are. They didn't take long to make. These are a lot of fun. Below are a few of my early experiments. This makes me want to waste money at yard sales on fun things to photograph! But I can start with things I already own and can practice with fruits and veggies too. I want to learn how to get the lighting to work better. I bought some cheap clip on work lights at Home Depot for now. It is hard to position them to not create shadows. I have done a little bit of reading on this but have more to do. If I can get the lighting right there will be less work to do in Photoshop.

Taking Photography Further

How can I turn my hobby of photography into something more, such as some side income or a summer job? I spent my April vacation week giving this a lot of thought and working on some preliminary steps. There is a lot ahead of me. I need to eventually buy more equipment, need to learn business information, need to improve my editing skills with Photoshop, and need to learn a better way to organize/tag/store my photos. However, underlying all of it, I need to keep improving my photographs. Oh, and I need to stick with it and make time for it. Since I like to write I thought I might blog about what I learn and the steps I take. It will either help keep me on track or bog me down...let's see!