different photos for jury submission

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Permalink Reply by Amy Palmer on March 8, 2010 at 7:07pm

here are some photos will add more

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Permalink Reply by Amy Palmer on March 8, 2010 at 7:11pm

more

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Permalink Reply by Amy Palmer on March 8, 2010 at 7:26pm

Amy Palmer said:

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Permalink Reply by The Key of A on March 14, 2010 at 4:05am

Amy,

I just spent the entire afternoon taking photos for my new and improved website. Also I was taking shots for art shows that I want to do this year.

It's difficult to photograph jewelry. Let me say that up front.

I made a photo light box for myself and bought some nice muslin to use as a backdrop. Your lighting should have the largest K value you can find. Mine is 5000 per bulb. The new CFLs work the best.

You have to focus on the piece and not catching all the rest of the vignette that you took so long to set up. When you crop and reduce them and resize the pictures, you end up seeing that you wasted alot of effort in the set up.

I feel that your backgrounds shouldn't conflict with the piece you are photographing. Make sure your lighting is not producing any shadows and adjust it as needed. Take several shots at different angles. Don't feel like you're taking too many pictures. I took over 80 shots today and I only used 5 of them for my submission photos. The rest I deleted from my files.

I've found the best thing to remember is "Less is More". I go with simple muslin and let the jewelry speak for itself. Adding a simple prop piece in some of your pics is okay, but not necessary for all of them. A good site that will keep you controlled in your staging is www.sundancejewelry.com. This Robert Redford's business and the site is clean, simple and the jewelry pics are that as well.

Anyway, that's my 2 cents! Good luck to you!

Here is a photo I took today! (Note, this is copyrighted design of The Key of A)



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Permalink Reply by Amy Palmer on March 22, 2010 at 10:26am

thanks for the advice, i have done different photos that have plain background - here they are.

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Permalink Reply by The Key of A on March 22, 2010 at 10:32am

Amy,

I thought I was looking at Sundance's site!!! I think these are much better, don't you???!! You do pretty work and from experience, judges don't want to see your artistic ability at setting up backgrounds, they want to see your work and these do just that!

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Amy Palmer said:

thanks for the advice, i have done different photos that have plain background - here they are.

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Permalink Reply by geri a. wegner on March 22, 2010 at 10:37am

Amy, your work is beautiful. I like the necklaces on the big pieces of stone the best but would like them better with the background behind the stone being a plain one.

I found the burlap texture of the later pictures a little distracting where the stone just emphasized the organic nature of the stones.

Just my 2 cents, hope you don't mind.

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Permalink Reply by Amy Palmer on March 22, 2010 at 11:06am

awesome, great to hear!!!!


The Key of A said:

Amy,

I thought I was looking at Sundance's site!!! I think these are much better, don't you???!! You do pretty work and from experience, judges don't want to see your artistic ability at setting up backgrounds, they want to see your work and these do just that!

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Amy Palmer said:

thanks for the advice, i have done different photos that have plain background - here they are.

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Permalink Reply by Amy Palmer on March 22, 2010 at 11:06am

what do you suggest for a background?

geri wegner said:

Amy, your work is beautiful. I like the necklaces on the big pieces of stone the best but would like them better with the background behind the stone being a plain one.

I found the burlap texture of the later pictures a little distracting where the stone just emphasized the organic nature of the stones.

Just my 2 cents, hope you don't mind.

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Permalink Reply by Larry Berman on March 22, 2010 at 1:10pm

Non distracting neutral or slight graduated background so the juror's eyes focus on the work. Something like these jury images I did for a local jeweler:

Larry Berman
Digital Jury Services
http://BermanGraphics.com
412-401-8100

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Permalink Reply by The Key of A on March 22, 2010 at 2:01pm

Amy,

Larry's shots are exactly what I was talking about. A light box would allow you to get these exact shots. No shadowing and no distractions. I take separate shots for juried work and then separate shots for my Etsy and Website stores. It's more work, but if it gets you in the show, then the time and effort to do the juried shots are worth it.

Nice pieces Larry!

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Larry Berman said:

Non distracting neutral or slight graduated background so the juror's eyes focus on the work. Something like these jury images I did for a local jeweler:

Larry Berman
Digital Jury Services
http://BermanGraphics.com
412-401-8100

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Permalink Reply by geri a. wegner on March 22, 2010 at 3:42pm

Larry's background is perfect for pendant shots as the gradation of light emphasizes the pendant. On a complete necklace, a solid color would show off the entire piece.

I've only attended one day of jurying, for Coconut Grove, years ago. It was so fast, I have no idea how they ever picked anything. It was numeric judging, raised paddles and after a while I knew which judge would like which work. It was interesting.

The Key of A has a good point about different shots for etsy and other online shopping. I find myself buying more things that are on a hand, wrist, ear or neck because I can tell the proportions better.

Good luck to you, your work is really beautiful.

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