[Jewelry making - Article 00021] - Re: [Orchid] Photoshop for jewelers

[Elaine Luther]

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>     I wish I could afford all the nice lighting and expensive
>     camera/light box setups but it's just not practical for me. 

    You can build a light box for very, very little money. People use PVC
    pipe and white rip stop nylon; cardboard boxes; IKEA hampers; etc. 

    You can see a ton of real examples that jewelers use (including two
    of mine) in a presentation by Charles Lewton-Brain at the Metal Clay
    World Conference last year. 

    Here's the link to that: 

    http://tinyurl.com/3g5hbk 

    Here are links to two of my lightbox set ups, my old one, with
    homemade lightbox: 

    http://tinyurl.com/4dyr9e 

    and my new one, purchased light box: 

    http://tinyurl.com/3fbqa3 

    Related articles on the blog have links to great tutorial sites and
    where to buy a gradient gray background for only $10.00. 

    You can improve the quality of your photography, and you can do it
    cheaply. 

Elaine
http://www.CreativeTextureTools.com
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