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What is a good way of taking jewelry pictures with a digital camera? I can't
seem to get them "nice" enough. I am really picky :o) My apartment has very bad light so I have been taking the pieces outside and photographing them on a white sheet of paper. It works better than my older pictures, which were very dark. Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you! |
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What is a good way of taking jewelry pictures with a digital camera? I can't seem to get them "nice" enough. I am really picky :o) My apartment has very bad light so I have been taking the pieces outside and photographing them on a white sheet of paper. It works better than my older pictures, which were very dark. Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you! If funds are limited, taking pics outside is not a bad idea. Choosing an overcast day will soften shadows. You may have to adjust the white balance. On a brighter day, you can use a couple of the large disposable polyethylene bowls, stacked together and held over the piece to help soften the shadows. Total cost, about $3 US. (You can also cut a hole in the bowls anywhere you want to make an opening for the lens.) Also see http://www.mbstevens.com/camera.html or, if more funds are available, http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_se...ult/index.html ......these people really have it down to a science. |
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What is a good way of taking jewelry pictures with a digital camera? I can't seem to get them "nice" enough. I am really picky :o) My apartment has very bad light so I have been taking the pieces outside and photographing them on a white sheet of paper. It works better than my older pictures, which were very dark. Any advice would be appreciated. Get a scanner. :) If you need pictures for a juried show, have them done professionally. Otherwise, scanners work well. Get a transparency (overhead/page protector) to put on the scanner's glass so the jewelry won't scratch the glass. -- Marilee J. Layman Handmade Bali Sterling Beads at Wholesale http://www.basicbali.com |
wrote in message ... What is a good way of taking jewelry pictures with a digital camera? I can't seem to get them "nice" enough. I am really picky :o) My apartment has very bad light so I have been taking the pieces outside and photographing them on a white sheet of paper. It works better than my older pictures, which were very dark. Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you! There are several informative articles on jewelry photography available for free at: http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/dire...rary/subject/9 That would be a good place to start, to learn about a variety of options available to you. Best luck, Karen Goeller kgoeller at nolimitations dot com www.nolimitations.com Handcrafted and Unique Artisan Jewelry |
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What is a good way of taking jewelry pictures with a digital camera? I can't seem to get them "nice" enough. I am really picky :o) My apartment has very bad light so I have been taking the pieces outside and photographing them on a white sheet of paper. It works better than my older pictures, which were very dark. Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you! http://www.abrasha.com/misc/photography.htm http://www.pbase.com/wlhuber/light_box -- Abrasha http://www.abrasha.com |
What is a good way of taking jewelry pictures with a digital camera? I can't
seem to get them "nice" enough. I am really picky :o) My apartment has very bad light so I have been taking the pieces outside and photographing them on a white sheet of paper. It works better than my older pictures, which were very dark. Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you! If you have a macro setting on your camera, then try using that. But you still can't get closer than a foot or so. Try lighting them from both sides with flourescent lights and be sure to turn off your flash. I photograph mine on black velvet and, unless they are very dark pieces that looks really classy. If they ARE dark, I usually use an off-white sheet. Also, if you have a scanner, you can use that; it gets REALLY close up and in focus nicely. Just place the piece on the scanner glass (carefully) and place a black cloth over it. You may not be able to get the scanner lid closed all the way... that's what the cloth is for. Good luck! Thanks for Looking! "Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof." ~~ John Kenneth Galbraith |
"Crafts Reports" magazine has some good articles about photographing crafts
and jewelry at www.craftsreport.com "MSteelman" wrote in message ... What is a good way of taking jewelry pictures with a digital camera? I can't seem to get them "nice" enough. I am really picky :o) My apartment has very bad light so I have been taking the pieces outside and photographing them on a white sheet of paper. It works better than my older pictures, which were very dark. Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you! If you have a macro setting on your camera, then try using that. But you still can't get closer than a foot or so. Try lighting them from both sides with flourescent lights and be sure to turn off your flash. I photograph mine on black velvet and, unless they are very dark pieces that looks really classy. If they ARE dark, I usually use an off-white sheet. Also, if you have a scanner, you can use that; it gets REALLY close up and in focus nicely. Just place the piece on the scanner glass (carefully) and place a black cloth over it. You may not be able to get the scanner lid closed all the way... that's what the cloth is for. Good luck! Thanks for Looking! "Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof." ~~ John Kenneth Galbraith |
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