You’d asked about what kind of lighting I used, and then I saw you had this post grumbling about bad photos, so it’s a perfect place to answer!

I use natural light whenever possible, but I do live in New England, so my natural daylight is waning. The photos you saw began with daylight and ended with the tracklighting in my kitchen.

Some tips:
1. See if you can rig up some light to come from the side instead of dead-on top. It’s a part of the appeal of daylight.
2. (this is a big one): Adjust the white balance on your camera. You’ll never have yellow pictures again. Here’s a link: http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/whitebalance.htm
3. Pull your photos into photoshop or even the windows picture viewer. If your white balance still wasn’t perfect, you can adjust it with the “color temperature” option. Then I usually up the contrast and brightness just a tiny bit.

Just a few tips to help you out! If you want to have a discussion, (and I love having folks to talk to about this stuff) feel free to give me a shout at a.meadowlark at gmail.

It was my first caramel experience too! Wasn’t it fun?