Lightbox - Help!

Pocket Mirror
Originally uploaded by m.Lee

Hi guys! Unexpectedly I am back today. I was planning on taking the day off blogging but I need your help. You see I got a lightbox yesterday and I used it for the first time today and I am getting mixed results with it.

First off I have no idea how to get the pure white background that some sellers manage to get. I have been using sunlight as my light source so maybe I need some sort of heavy duty lamp? I don't know. I don't think the photos look bad at all, but having that pure white would be nice.

My second dilemma is that I kind of miss the old background. Here is a revised listing with lightbox photographed images. The original photos were the worst I had so I made sure to update this one first. Now here is a listing that didn't use a no lightbox and has a block of wood as a backdrop. As much as I am drawn to getting the pure white background I do think the woodgrain pattern is beautiful and appropriate for my mirrors. Maybe I should try taking some shots tomorrow with the woodblock placed in the lightbox?

My final question has to do with what type of shot the first shot should be in the listing. Head on or at an interesting angle. Most mirrors on Etsy are shown head on for the first shot. The photos Kate took for me are head on. So I am leaning towards head on first with angle shots following.

Thanks for letting me unload these questions. At the very least the lightbox helps me get good shots easier. But boy did getting the top shots hurt because I had to stand on the sofa and that hurt my poor hips, knees and ankles bad. I took as many as I could before I had to stop and hobble away. Ouchie!

Have a great weekend everybody.

Saturday Night Special Sale!

Art Goodies
Originally uploaded by m.Lee

Is going on now in my shop!

This month as been all about setting goals, meeting them and then setting new ones. Thanks to all my lovely buyers I beat my original goal of reaching 500 sales on Monday. Now my new goal is to double the number of sales I had last month. Pretty ambitious I know, but I am only a few sales away from this goal after the day I had yesterday.

Here is the deal. See these lovely ACEOs and Pocket Mirrors? They are all $1 off in my shop. Not just the ones pictured here but all of them. Any size or type of mirror. No limit on how many items you can buy with the discount. The price isn't marked so be sure to put in SNS $1 in the notes to seller and wait for me to send you an invoice. If you see anything in this picture or on my Flickr site that is not listed on Etsy yet that you are interested in please let me know and if I have it I will put it up for you with the discount. Sale runs from now until 8am Sunday morning.

If I don't make this goal I will be truly heartbroken. No, not really but it would certainly be cool to pull this off!

Hope everybody has a fantastic weekend!