[Jewelry making - Article 00787] - Re: [Orchid] Unusal Jewelry Photographing Background

[Wayne Emery]

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Polly,

    Be aware the the plexiglas or acrylic will scratch easily. You'd be
    surprised how easily. 

    Another, and I think better, way to accomplish the same thing is to
    take a piece of thin glass and paint it on one side with the color
    of your choice. Set the piece to be photographed on the UNPAINTED
    side of the glass. I like to use non-glare glass as it gives a more
    subtle and less distracting effect. 

    Additionally, you can suspend the piece of unpainted glass above a
    colored background of your choice (I prop mine up on bricks) for
    various effects. There's no limit to the variations one can achieve
    this way. One thing you will learn very quickly: When photographing
    shiny objects on black backgrounds, the black is reflected into the
    metal and stones; AND, because balck is such a poor reflector of
    light, the bottom parts of the image need to be lit separately to
    reveal adequate detail. The image you spoke of shows this fault.
    Nice, but a neutral background would let light reflect up into the
    bottom portion of the piece, improving the detail significantly. Try
    it!

Wayne

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