Photography with makeshift lightbox and Red Ninja maneki neko

RED NINJA MANEKI NEKO JAPAN CAT OF LUCK ID1140261

Little Maneki Neko in a red ninja suit :) I use a sandwich box to store my camera, and I wanted to shoot this kitty without having to drag out my lightbox. So I use my sandwich box turn it sideways, hold it up beneath the desklamp and photographed it. The light source is from the top and the light is diffused as it shines through the translucent side of the sandwich box.


Army of Little Maneki Neko cats. They are bells made of metal. Just couldn't resist putting them all together to take a photo.

Red Sakura Maneki Neko Japan cat of luck id1140195

Finally found a shop that sells this little maneki bells (not a lot in stock though) and I bought a few of them and use them to make cell phone or bag charm. The luck beckoning Cats of Japan is a little metal bell and I made a forged brass wire design and added a brass "made with love" charm and red lanyard. The word on the cat tummy means "10 million tael (ancient counter for Chinese/ Japanese money)"

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Baked polymer handcrafted piggies from Heartbeadssupply.etsy.com