Better photos coming your way ASAP

I'm constantly trying to make things around here better for you, my amazing readers, and so I just wanted to let you know about the latest thing I've done to improve the quality of my photos.  I'm ridiculously excited about this one:

 I bought the SystemPRO Tabletop Studio at a local camera shop here in San Diego (thanks for the tip about that, Dad!), and it's basically a little portable lightbox that includes the box, two lights and a tripod for your camera. It set me back $99.00 and let me tell you, it was worth every penny (I just noticed it's also on Amazon right now for the same price in case you were thinking of getting it). Compared to other bloggers' setups, this is super bare-bones, but I'm ridiculously excited about how it has improved the quality of my photos.

Keep reading to see my setup in action, and a photo taken inside my new lightbox...

 My new "photography studio" perched on top of a dresser in my spare bedroom

Here's a photo taken from inside my new lightbox, of the new Salon Perfect polishes I will be reviewing this week:

If you compare this with a polish bottle photo I did for a past review, I think you'll notice a big difference:

HUGE difference, right?  

And for those of you curious about what camera I'm currently using, I WAS using a fancy DSLR Nikon that my dad gave me, but since I'm a complete idiot when it comes to photography and camera settings, I switched back to Mr. G's point and shoot, which is the Sony CyberShot. If I remember correctly, he got at Target a few years ago (I think it was around $100 back then). 

So the moral of this story is, you can definitely use a low-cost point and shoot camera and still produce good photos--it's all about the lighting!

Thanks for reading, and I hope you all enjoy the new (better) photos!