What Color is This Purse?
It's driving me nuts. It's brown. It's clearly brown, right? Well, depending on the lighting, it's a brown-sugar brown, milk chocolate brown, and even a red-ish caramel brown. I've done three photo-shoots to list this on my Etsy, trying to capture the correct color; still, I am left with confusion. And this purse is fantastic! What to do?
Photo-shoot One: the caramel purse
The purse was photographed in a wooded area in daylight that filtered through the canopy of large trees. I love these pictures, but the purse looks so bright. This was just the beginning of my struggle to photograph this beautiful purse. Continue Reading . . .
Photo-shoot Two: Brown Sugar Purse
Photo-shoot Three: Milk Chocolate Purse
I try the next morning with an over-cast sky, just a thin layer of clouds. And, now I have a milk chocolate purse. This is probably the closest to the realistic color of this vintage handbag. It's not too dark and not too light. The only problem is that I don't have many usable pictures of this shade for my Etsy listing. I want the customer who buys this purse to be happy because it's such a fantastic vintage purse, but so hard to photograph. |
And the inside of the purse in lined with this colorful yellow fabric! Circa 1960s vintage purse coming soon to my Etsy. |