I've finally created a mini photo studio in my... uh... studio. I created a light box out of a cardboard box, a few sheets of white tissue paper, and 2 freestanding halogen lamps from Ikea. Voila! Awesome photo box!
http://www.wikihow.com/Create-an-Inexpensive-Photography-Lightbox
Mine looks a little different, but it's based on the same principle.
I have thought for a while that my mediocre photos were holding me back from really selling some jewelry. For example, here is an old picture of my pebble pendant...
And here is one I took with the new setup:
I still have a way to go to improve them, and get familiar with the photo box, but I'm hoping you start to really see the difference. I'm getting creative with backgrounds - for example, the one above was done using a black velvet necklace display. The following one was made with decorative tissue lining the box:
and still another with handmade paper. So, go out to my store http://sulimos.etsy.com/and let me know... can you tell which ones are the old pics and which are the new ones? Any advice is welcome!
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