[Jewelry making - Article 00339] - Re: [Orchid] Best way to evaluate slides?

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Catherine Jo -

    pick up a current copy of any magazine that has an emphasis on
    jewelry, check out the pictures in feature articles, how-to sections
    and award publicity. the back of sunshine artist issues and other
    pubs have excellent examples of actual slide/print copies submitted
    by artists to be juried into shows such as the ACC show and then
    used for publicity. compare yours to those. not long ago sunshine
    artist had a very good article on what you need for good slides:
    http://www.sunshineartist.com - 

    my slides are done by the photographer who writes the monthly column
    for CraftReport, steve meltzer - it's great that he lives close by
    in sarasota so it's 3 days from drop off jewelry to pick up slides
    and prints. steve has written how-to advice on slide composition in
    CraftReport if you can find back copies. 

    the main points, in addition to crispness and pop out color, is
    continuity of background color (graduated is best), thematic jewelry
    pieces (not wildly diverse styles of work), and no unnecessary
    distractions of other items in slides (no cutesy little statues,
    etc.), no more than one piece per slide unless you have a knock out
    matching set of ring and bracelet or necklace. some other
    suggestions: leave the ear wires off of earrings for slides; fill
    the image area - that means your clean up process has to be above
    average for slide close-ups 

good luck -
ive


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