little white truths

New lighting for photos

Yes it's true, that lighting I've been wanting to buy for ages has finally arrived! It was a cheap set from ebay but I'd read reviews on the kit and they looked ok so I felt it was a good place to start.

I went for continuous lighting and my husband set it up for me on Sunday. Unfortunately one of the two lights is faulty so the manufacturer has put another one in the post, but I've used the good one to take a bunch of test shots and already I can see the difference.

There's still tweaking to do in terms of where I place the set and how high the platform for my flatlays needs to be to make the most of the light, but I'm hoping that you'll see an improvement in the coming weeks : )

Updated template

I did export a free version of a template I liked ages ago because I didn't love any of the available templates on Blogger, but I'd always planned on purchasing and applying the premium version if I felt it was a template I could work with. 

On Sunday I decided to bite the bullet so I spent a tiny $6.95USD on the upgraded version, and I've spent the last few days getting familiar with it and working out just what I can do to make the blog look and feel a little better.

You may notice some small changes in terms of layout etc already, but there'll be more coming as I work out how to rearrange a few aspects I don't like (particularly those annoying headings at the top!). I do now have a support service available to me (you didn't get that with the free version), so I'll be calling on it soon enough to help me iron out any issues.

Wish me luck! I've never been good with technology so I find this side of blogging really hard.