Photography Lighting - is it worth the fuss?

Today I stripped the spare bedroom of furniture. This was my new play space - my Home Photography Studio. I'm giggling as I type this, that sounds so serious. I'm a photographer beginner. My photography education has been from a five hour class and Scott Kelby's awesome app 'Behind the Scenes'.

Today was just for playing around and seeing what I could achieve with the lights. I am gobsmacked with the results. I hadn't planned to share any photos from today. Evident by my lack of makeup or hair styling.

The results are amazing,

I had to share!

photography lighting vs indoor lighting

As my husband put it, the difference is chalk and cheese.

All photos in this post were not retouched. I did 'arrange' the photos in photoshop, however no editing was done to the levels, brightness, sharpness etc. I wanted to share the results just as they are.

Betty-Sue helped me position the lights

Trying product photography with my new purse

Recent handmade purchase from Form and Funktion

This time of year the sunshine in Geelong becomes limited. Add the fact that I work full time and you start to understand my struggle for taking a decent photo. I decided I would make my own 'good light' with some lighting equipment from Hypop. Looking at the results, I think that was a wise decision.

Do you struggle with lighting? What do you do to solve the problem?