[Jewelry making - Article 00845] - [Orchid] My solution for the Cloud Dome

[Mary Ann Archer]

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    Hi All, I just made myself a cloud dome-type system for photgraphing
    my jewelry that works quite well, although I'm not saying it's
    perfect. Check out Walmart...in the kitchen plastics.....there I
    found a great semi-translucent "cake cover"....it's large ...13" in
    daimeter x 7" high and comes with a white plastic base. I took off
    the handle and cut a hole just large enough for my digital camera
    lens....centered on the top. I've made different color backgrounds
    the same size as the interior platform out of matt board and floor
    tiles ( and keep them stored  inside the cake cover) and also have
    tried using my small slide light table for lighting from underneath
    for settings with semi-transparent stones. I wrap my camera in a
    white fabric that is not transparent..I think it is a drapery fabric
    lining ( the anti-sunlight darkening type), so none of the color
    seeps into the "dome" except for the lens. You can get remnants of
    this stuff at JoAnns for $1.00. If I feel any color is penetrating
    the plastic from the outside, I use white matt board flash-type cards
    around the exterior. I use my Ott light, and place the whole thing
    under "natural sun-type florescents" and would like to to try adding
    some of lights that were mentioned here today. My system didn't cost
    $500 bucks...probably just under $20. yet does a pretty good job.
    Must say I was impressed w/ the results myself! 

Mary Ann Archer


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