Thats pretty much my question - how do you take a great pic of your cake. Should I use a flash? Should I make my own "studio" with a back drop?

so my cake pics used to look horrible, I hate them. My DH built me a light box and a new camera...they look soooo much better now

you can buy a light box but it was easy to make for him...just PVC pipe, a white sheet and some lights, then I add paper from a roll usually white or black as the back drop

Homemade lightbox...that's my next project!

. . . might find this thread helpful . . .

http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-592640-sons.html+photography+tutorial

saving..

thanks,
the other thread is amazing... no guess work now.

Here's another thread about it. This is how I do it because I'm too cheap to buy a photo box.

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-614802-pictures.html

I've got a cake photography tutorial on my tutorials website here:
http://www.cakedalaska.com/Caked_Alaska/Photo_tutorial.html

HTH,
Deanna

Ive just started using a black backdrop, black material over a cardboard box.
I think my photos are better, theres more focus on the cake!