Summer Vibes, Beach Treasures

On Sunday we almost always go to the beach. It is our break and treasure hunt day. This Sunday I took a whole bunch of jewelry to the beach to take some pictures.

I have been wanting to take these kind of pictures for a while and am glad that I finally made a start.
It was quite a challenge as it was in a very different way than I usually do.

Instead of in the shade I was in full sunshine, I could hardly see what I was doing and was not entirely sure if the colors would come out alright.

Also there was a cold wind so I actually was in my coat lying on my stomach getting in all kind of different positions crawling in the sand to get it all right :)

But I will do it again as I liked how they turned out, a perfect Summer / Beach vibes and we can all use that.

All jewelry pieces are available at Star of the East.

Make-over

Although this looks like a home make-over it is actually a shop make-over.
Yesterday I painted a wall grey to re-shoot pictures. I've never been a fan of all white pictures which are so popular in commercial websites, and they never really looked good as I didn't get the hang of it making the items look washed out and completely lost in all the white.

I took an old beautiful wooden table from the attic and the outdoors photo studio is complete with natural light but a homey feeling.

Here are the first results!

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I'll be busy the next couple of days with re-shooting items, editing and replacing them with the old ones, but I'm liking the results so far :)
Let me know what you think, love to hear your opinion!