[Jewelry making - Article 00733] - Re: [Orchid] Photographing Jewelry 101

[Lindsay Legler]

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    Thought I'd drop in my two cents worth on this: 

    I don't use expensive fancy lighting. 

    I use a good camera (Nikon D40x DSLR), a cookie sheet full if some
    kind of particulate (coffee beans, rice, sand, etc.), and the
    completely free light provided by the sun after it's gotten high
    enough in the sky to throw my front porch into shadow. It's a nice
    direction-less bright light, and the only time this set-up is
    irritating is when it rains on a day I want to shoot on. I never use
    the camera's auto setting. It's a matter of tweaking the manual
    settings till you get the exposure you want, and not wearing bright
    colors that reflect on the shiny bits. After shooting, I use Nikon's
    Picture Project software to auto adjust the brightness, and adjust
    the sharpness if it needs it. 

    I'm not saying that this is a cure all for everyone. But it works
    for me. 

Lindsay Legler
Dreaming Dragon Designs
www.dreamingdragondesign.etsy.com

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