[Jewelry making - Article 00819] - Re: [Orchid] Photographing Jewelry - Type of light bulbs

[doug]

========[ Invite a Friend - http://www.ganoksin.com/invite.htm  ]========

Hi Sharron,  

    I think you might be pleasantly surprised by the results you can
    generate with a few Littlites and some creative baffling, instead of
    those extremely hot blue bulbs. The Littlite is a high-intensity,
    low wattage halogen bulb, mounted in a heat-sinked reflector at one
    end of either a 6, 8 or 12" gooseneck coil; at the other end is a
    transformer and a full-range dimmer switch. These setups run about
    USD$40-50 apiece, and can be ordered from www.littlite.com (no
    affiliation) or your local electronics shop, and have the advantage
    of being placed exactly where you want them, then repositioned
    quickly and easily. (If you've ever seen a gooseneck-mounted light
    atop a DJ's or sound engineer's mixing board, you've seen these!) To
    get the lighting just right, either build a box and spray paint its
    interior flat white, or flip a styrofoam cooler on its side and
    treat it as a miniature photo studio, reflecting the light off the
    interior walls, instead of the jewelry piece(s). Cover the bottom
    with the fabric or other background of your choice, and the front
    with a piece of white muslin, with a 2-3" round hole in the middle,
    to shoot through. This'll save you TONS of headaches, and lots of
    time, too. (If you opt for the Styrofoam cooler route, be carefult
    that the Littlites don't come in contact with the foam... They tend
    to get hot, if you leave them on, and Styrofoam tends to turn gooey
    (and/or flammable, if in contact for long enough)... and extricating
    hours of fabrication work from a previously gooey "set" can do some
    pretty bad things to a previously good day, if you catch my drift
    {;o)! ) 

Douglas Turet, G.J.,
Turet Design 
P.O. Box 242
Avon, MA 02322-0242
(508) 586-5690
doug AT turetdesign.com

____________________________________________________________________
T h e   O r c h i d   L i s t
Open Electronic Forum for Jewelry Manufacturing Methods and Procedures
____________________________________________________________________
Orchid FAQ:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/faq.htm
Orchid Archives:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/archive
Orchid Galleries:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/gallery.htm
Invite a Friend:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/invite.htm
____________________________________________________________________
Tips From The Jeweler's Bench - Article Archive
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/tip_sear.htm
The Jeweler's Selected Bibliography List
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/jewelry-books
Buy Orchid Jewelry:
~ http://www.ganoksin.com/shop
____________________________________________________________________
-Unsubscribe:
-Email: orchid-request AT ganoksin.com Body=unsubscribe subject=blank
____________________________________________________________________