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Several variations of a black matte dragon. I just LOVE how the bright primary and secondary colors light up against the flat black. Sad that I haven't found a suitably loud and flashy orange.Related content
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*Love!* Thank you for taking the time to share! Wish I was as good as you at taking pictures of my beadwork. Β
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Aw what a nice thing to say!
My tricks:
Halogen desk lamp for supplemental lightΒ
+ existing light (natural daylight is wonderful, but best when it's overcast)
Velvet backdrops are my favorite (they absorb light so well, so they don't add nasty harsh reflections)
A tripod
A DSLR camera
A large white cloth to "bounce" light off of, again, to reduce harsh reflections
Sometimes I shine my desk lamp 'through' the white cloth to soften it even more, on particularly shiny objects
I experiment with my white balance, my aperture and shutter speeds to find the most flattering settings for each piece, and each set of lighting conditions
I hope this helps you dial in your own product photo style!Β
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Welcome Hira!
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Hahahaha lol.. I was in a hurry when I was commenting.. and I got ahead of myself.. hehe if it's any better.. I called Hira Bob! heheh lol Aiiiieee heheh
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ROFL I thought maybe I'd been gone so much l8ly you forgot who I was... :^P"
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LOL...nah.. sometimes I have so many .. and I'm distracted.and I get ahead of myself hehe
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Glad to know I'm not forgotten. X D
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nebbah! heheh
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The translucent, shiny beads against the matte. opaque ones do pop really nicely. (I have the perfect orange for this. Pity I can't just hand you some of the beads.)
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XD That would be AWESOME! I'd hand over some of my favorites too. I love trading beads and have a huge collection, including some very unusual size 11Β°s Don't you use those in your dragons?
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Alaska and Norway are a bit far apart for that (unless you travel over the North Pole, I suppose). I'm a horrible, horrible bead addict. According to the labels on the tubes and bags I buy them in, I use 9/0 seed beads the most. I have no idea what sizes the other ones are.
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9Β°? Wow. Those are hard to find in the U.S. XD
I have a few, but the color selection is sparse so it's not very practical for me to use them. I go with 8Β° for most of my dragons, I find they're sturdiest, holding their shape better. If I ever try the thread based dragons I'll probably go for ultra tiny, and use size 15Β° with 000 Nymo thread, and size 15 needles. It would be so cool to be able to wear them as earrings!
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