For taking photos somewhat quickly to post on the forums, but still have them look reasonably nice, I usually use one of these, with the flash head pointed all the way left/right, and often angled up towards the ceiling:
It’s no softbox, and it does mean you need a more DSLR-style camera that can sync with a flash, but it also means I can take a photo like this just on the floor of my living room with no other lighting setup:
…which for reference, really isn’t too far off from the unedited photo, so most of the work really is being done by the flash:
Anyway, yeah, flashes/strobes (especially ones that can be used off-camera) are great! If you want to do photography, I’d say it’s like the first thing you should buy after buying your camera.
I’ll probably try to take something a bit more setup-y and product-y with the Eikon at some point, it’s such a beautiful headphone.
(EDIT: Also linking the thread where I’d initially posted this photo.)