I was excited when my new light box for photographing jewelry for my online shop arrived yesterday. I have wanted a new one for a while, and when the one I was eyeing went on sale, I couldn’t resist.
Last night, I set it up and tried out the different light settings and backgrounds, the added bells and whistles that my old one doesn’t have. I took over 100 pictures of different bracelets and earrings, seeing which settings I liked best, trying different angles and adding decorative props.
I decided to record a video of one of the bracelets made of sparkly beads, so shoppers could truly see how the facets of the beads catch light and shift colors with movement. As I was filming, slowly rotating my wrist in the light to show off the bracelet’s sparkle, my husband suddenly strolled into the room and felt the need to loudly proclaim (while I was recording, mind you), “Hey honey, we should be having sex right now!”
Well, there went that video.
When he realized I had recorded his comment, he laughed so hard that I thought he was going to fall to the floor. I asked him if he had anything else to share before I re-recorded my bracelet video, and he offered up the sage advice to leave the video as it was. Despite his words of wisdom, I chose to delete the first attempt and record a second video…with no sound!
Sweat & Sparkle 