Whether you're working with professional lighting (must be nice)... posing with that splendid cake creation to capture just the right mood for your cake blog, or your struggling with that table lamp to get the angle just right for decorating a birthday cake before the dawn's early light, we all know lighting is an important element when it comes to the art of cake decorating.
It's one of those things I'm currently struggling with A LOT. Can I just share that as of late, my cake photos are coming out with horrible shadows and yellow tones? I simply don't have the time to go back and Photo Shop. I know it's a great program... in fact I love Photo Shop. Yet, I really have to think I could do better initially, rather than trying to fix later??? Am I only dreaming?
Our home is my studio. What's more... our home is dark. We used to be low-light people. I think it was the fact that I was stuck at home for nearly 6 years without transportation, in a city that didn't have public transportation, day in and day out... it's finally left me wanting light! I have all the blinds open during the day, and when I have any excuse at all, I'm driving (awe! to drive again) around town, loving that rich Vitamin D that surrounds me and leaves me feeling all aglow!
I would love to add some real light to this dark home. The blinds are great, pulled up that is, but that sort of light doesn't produce the best photos and on a cloudy day I'm still left, well... in the dark!
Are you in the dark? What sort of light do you use to decorate and to photograph your own edible artwork? Do share! 
The Battle of Lighting a Cake
