New Works

The new light box has been working hard lately. Its been housing all manner of bracelets and necklaces and flowers and decorative papers. It has been so much easier getting acceptable photos with this thing. If I don't say so, I've actually had a bit of fun. So here's a sample. If you'd like to see more, check out the Etsy shop for all the various angles.

The Stage Is Set

Just build this way cool light box for taking pics of jewelry.

I found the free plans for the box here. It was pretty easy and inexpensive. Just a few sheets of foam core, a cutting blade, some parchment paper and about an hour total - including interruptions from kids and life in general. I already had the flood lights and mannequin.

I've known for a long time that if I want to have stuff primarily on-line instead of at craft fairs and such, then photography is essential. I'm not very good at it, but I'm learning. I hope this little devise helps along the way. It sure does make the lighting better. I've also started staging the pics with various items. It's actually kind of fun to create a little "scene" - like playing with a doll house.

Next step, tweaking the photos in Photoshop - yikes...