Experiments in Photography

I've been playing around with the photography for my Etsy shop.  And I can't decide, should I go with natural light or bulb light?  Everyone says to go with natural light.  However in this weather and with my unpredictable schedule, natural light is proving to be very inconvenient.

My good friends over at Living Threads Vintage say to go with the bulb light.  It's what they use and they have consistent and beautiful photography.  So I built a photo box, bought some clamp lights and set it up in a corner of my basement. 

Here is an unedited photo of banana salt and pepper shakers using natural light:

Here is an unedited photo of banana salt and pepper shakers using bulb lighting inside of a photo box:

 

You can see the edges of the photo box.  Not a big deal, I can edit that out.  But what about the glare? I wish I had posed them the same.  Maybe I just over exposed on the bulb photo?

 

What do you think?  Natural or bulb? 

 

 

P.S.  I am finally using a tripod.  It's about stink'n time!