the night is dark and full of terrors

But I brightened it up!

I love trying to be creative in my photographs. I love incorporating natural elements, and using the nice bright sunshine. I have a couple problems, though. The neighborhood gives me some strange looks when I wander around with handfuls of jewelry and a digital camera, for one. Secondly, I simply find lightbox photos to be far more professional and attractive! I've been searching for the perfect box for quite some time. I've tried cardboard boxes, tissue paper, various light sources, pledging my first born, and extensive photo editing and never got a result with which I was satisfied. Until today, that is!

The solution was simpler than I ever would have thought, given to me courtesy of The Pretty Pickle. I only had to buy a couple lights - which I wanted for fall's craft shows anyway - and a clear plastic storage box. Easy peasy! Read the full tutorial here.

When I was taking the pics, I was floored because they were so much nicer than any other lightbox method I had tried! They looked great on my camera! When I transferred them to my computer, I was dismayed to find they were a little darker than I thought. So, I brought them into gimp, my trusty free photoshop substitute.

I plan to post a complete tutorial on lightening photos from lightboxes, but I stayed up far later than planned piddling around with this project. Any success or failure stories in photographing your products? Let me know if this one works for you!