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.
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:
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:
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.
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.
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.
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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The Key of A said:
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.
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:
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geri wegner said:
The Key of A said:
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.
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:
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