Jewelry can be very
difficult to photograph. I still have so much to learn about
orientation and lighting. What makes these objects so difficult is
their reflective nature. I learned a lot about spot metering on my
digital camera when I photographed my grandfather's artifacts (a watch, military bracelet, and name bracelet, and more). I
tried to apply these principles to my sorority bracelet.
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| Notice the dark area on the ΑΓΔ face plate? Not good! |
I set the bracelet
directly onto the white cardboard inside my light box. Unfortunately,
I don't like the orientation of this piece. The reflection (which actually includes me) is irritating. I've set this piece away for now and I started working on
other items.Why be frustrated? When I learn more, I'll come back to the piece.
So, I attempted to
photograph some rhinestone pins that I wore in pageants. I placed the
right side of the box beside a window for natural light and I
streamed tissue-paper filtered desk lamp light through the left side
of the box.
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| Photographing Rhinestone pins f/5, exp 1/13, ISO 100, Spot metering, no flash |
Instead of the
cardboard, I placed a white piece of muslin inside my light box.
Underneath the fabric, I placed some fiberfill left over from a craft
project. I adjusted the 'based' until my rhinestone crown pin and my
flag pin looked nice. The two objects photographed separately never
looked right. I deleted them before I thought about using them in
this post. Sorry! When I put these two pins together, I felt like
magic was showing up in my lens.
The pins looked a
little dull. So I made a few changes with where the lights were positioned.
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| Photographing Rhinestone pins f/5, exp 1/13, ISO 100, Spot metering, no flash |
Then viola! Magic! The pins sparkle and shine, as they should.
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