Just finished this up, a little out of the ordinary for me, but been wanting to try something like this for a while.  Uses standard household candles, sheet metal cup and holder are riveted on. Got to get a better camera, or else learn to use the iPhone's camera better one. 

Will, Nice job. I watched a video on making one with a similar cup design yesterday. Well done. I'd love to try one some time. 

Nice work mate. A good photo is more about the light than the camera.

Thanks.  You know, I never did have a lot of trouble with the old 35mm SLR camera, but for the life of me can't get the cell camera to take decent pics.

turbo7 is right about the lighting; lots of diffuse light from multiple angles is best. That, and learning how to override the iPhone's autofocus.

Thanks, I'm going to check into trying to override and learn how to properly use the iPhone's camera, there also are apparently different lenses you can clip on.  

As an aside, the inspiration for this holder was made after watching a couple different youtube video's by purgatoryironworks and Kovko Kova4.