[Jewelry making - Article 00582] - Re: [Orchid] Photographing Jewelry 101

[marlin]

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    I keep seeing this thread come up on Orchid - many valid questions
    are asked, some repeatedly. Some answers change, like what is the
    best camera (as if a single camera was best for all things) but new
    models of cameras (and lights) with new features come out and some
    things change. Others are rehashed again and again. 

    I think I have a bit of expertise in this area. I took my first
    college photography course in the early '70. I earned a good living
    for a while as a biomedical photographer and was president of our
    local chapter for a couple of years. I made the down payment on my
    house from some macro photography 35 years ago. I own maybe 30 or so
    film based cameras from Minox to 4"x5" view cameras. I have a full
    color darkroom (haven't used it for years) with 4x5 enlarger, color
    developing equipment and so on. My point is that I have a bit of
    knowledge in photography. 

    When someone asks the photo question again, I think: Have they
    searched the Orchid archives, have they read some of the literature
    like the booklet from Lewton-Brain - Small Scale Photography

    http://www.ganoksin.com/kosana/brain/brain.htm 

    Perhaps my biggest question is why more people do not use the Cloud
    Dome system. The great folks there donated one to the Orchid raffle
    a while back and I was lucky enough to win it. It is not just a
    simple white dome to give shadowless lighting to jewelry photos, it
    is a complete system with mounts, backdrops, cases and is backed by
    super people who know what there are doing and know how to make it
    easy for you. 

    Good luck on your jewelry photo safari 

Marlin in sunny Denver
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