[Jewelry making - Article 00431] - Re: [Orchid] Building a compact drop-shadow box for jewelry

[Noel Yovovich]

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For what it is worth--    

    If you build a photo set-up, here's a tip (I haven't done this yet,
    myself, mind you). The pro who takes my slides has a set-up along
    the lines of what Elaine described, though the sides are white
    plexy. Here's the cool part. The "floor" is a piece of clear plexy
    set on two saw horses. Under the center is a piece of black fabric,
    draped so it is attached at the back of the floor and hangs like a
    hammock under the photo area. The front is pinned to the saw horses
    maybe a foot below the front edge of the plexy Hard to draw a
    word-picture! The net effect is, there's a sweep of black fabric
    well below the clear plexy. He arranges the lights so there's a
    reflection on the plexy at the base of the piece, the rest is black,
    with no grain or shadows.          

    His is big and never moved, but it needn't be. It does need to be
    fairly deep, though, unless the whole thing is tipped or low so
    you'd be shooting down-ish. Anyway, hope this is worth something!   
                    
--Noel


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