[Jewelry making - Article 00479] - Re: [Orchid] Photographs backgrounds for jurying

[Catherine Jo Morgan]

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>       The problem with using the gradient gray background is that if
>     you put jewelry directly on it, you'll scratch the paper. 

    I had read that the graduated background was easily scratched. But
    the Varitone 09 (white to black) background that I tried from
    Phototechnic (at http://www.phototechinc.com/graduate.htm)  has held
    up through quite a few sessions. I'm putting iron on it, which I'd
    think would tend to scratch it as much as softer jewelry materials. I
    almost didn't try it because I'd read that graduated backgrounds were
    delicate, and that often the black looked blue in the slides. But
    using Fuji 64T film with 3200K photo lights, the black has looked
    fine, with or without a warming filter on the camera lens. So this
    background has become my favorite unless I need an all black one.
    Then a piece of black plush material (like polartech) has proved
    fine.    

Catherine Jo Morgan
Iron & Mixed Media Bowl Sculptures
Artist Journal Online - Hand Forged Vessels:
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mailto:cjmorgan AT hemc.net 


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