Pete, go to the kids section of your local IKEA store and look for a little Igloo-like play tent(cheap). The tent is mainly white and translucent. Also look in the art section for some sort of small desk top picture easel. Your will use the easel to support your laminate panel. Get yourself some sort of 10 megapixel digital camera. You can probably find something in the $60 to $100 range. Set up the popup tent, put the easel inside and put your laminate on the easel toward the back of the tent.
You can shoot outdoors in the sun or if you can't leave your office set up two identical lamps to either side of the tent. Shoot from a tripod if you can.
Here is another little trick:Get a small mirror that you can tape to the exact center of your laminate. Then when you line up your shot look for the image of your camera in the center of the mirror. If you can't see your camera in the mirror or if it is not in the center of the mirror, you camera is not parallel to your subject and the image will be distorted.
The other thing to remember is to match the white balance of your camera to the white balance of your light source. See the camera manual for more info.
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