For those who are just passing through, you may think my setup looks a little wonky... for those who also make jewelry, you know the time consumed, frustrations involved, and the lengths we go to to get a good pic of our work and can probably relate. :D
Just for the heck of it, I thought I'd post a pic of my current photo shoot set up. This was recently inspired by a lady who goes by SC Steph on the SJA forums. (Her works can be found HERE and HERE) Maybe her idea will inspire others as well (who may not already be a member of SJA and haven't seen all the helpful hints there) to also strive to take better pics of their work.
She recently posted a thread about how she used a chafing dish stand and tissue paper (the gift wrapping kind) to form a photo box. Being that I don't have a chafing dish (and I'm too cheap to go buy one LOL) I substituted a small wrought iron magazine stand (magazine rack removed) that I turned upside down for mine. :D I wrapped the tissue paper (wrinkled on purpose for texture) around the outside, suspended fishing line from the bottom braces, positioned it to catch the morning light from the left and a lamp with a natural lighting light bulb on the right, set up my camera and voila! What's that old saying... Necessity is the Mother of all invention? :D
Kinda innovative if I do say so myself... thanks for the inspiration Steph! Works quite well for my needs, even if it DOES look a little wonky.
2 comments:
So are you happy with your improvised light box? I've tried natural light, with a (homemade) light box, without the light box, artificial lighting....I'm just an inept photographer when it comes to jewelry! ;-)
Yep, I'm very pleased with it as far as taking pics of earrings goes at least. I probably prefer my "old" method for other things (scrapbook paper under glass out on the front porch LOL) but this is a very nice way to show how an earring hangs naturally instead of laying it out flat. :D
'Course, I'd be happy as can be if I had a better camera... LOL
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