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Really, very interesting Karen! I've always heard good things about them so I'm surprised to hear that...I will definitely come over sometime and borrow it off you to see what results I get. I made my own (quite some time ago) out of a cardboard box and some paper and it took great pics- no glare at all but it was only an experiment and was promptly binned when life took over and I got too busy to think about photographing jewellery again! I might have another go at it and even post a youtube vid (with links to the forum of course lol)!

Well maybe it was me being hopeless lol - some people swear by them, some people hate them. Its probably down to having a bit of clue what you are doing with it - which I didn't relly. Just stuck a piece of jewellery in the tent - pressed the button on the camera and wondered why I had bought it lol.

Well thanks to you wonderfull people I didn't need to buy a camera i just needed to know how to use the one I had. I have been struggling with a nikon Coolpix 5400 for what seems like an age. But i have got some real stunning results of some pendants I've been working , they are not finished yet but have taken some pics anyway.

Big thumbs up to all of you.

Carl Martin wrote:Well thanks to you wonderfull people I didn't need to buy a camera i just needed to know how to use the one I had. I have been struggling with a nikon Coolpix 5400 for what seems like an age. But i have got some real stunning results of some pendants I've been working , they are not finished yet but have taken some pics anyway.

Big thumbs up to all of you.

What did you do that "worked"??

Macro on ,but taken from as far as possible with the macro feature still on, tripod, no flash, inside a 6 pint plastic milk carton with a grey background, two bedside hologen lights outside the milk carton for diffused light. Then edited with the free to download software package called gimp.

Sounds like a load of faffin about but results are pretty good.

sparkysdad wrote:What did you do that "worked"??

Macro on ,but taken from as far as possible with the macro feature still on, tripod, no flash, inside a 6 pint plastic milk carton with a grey background, two bedside hologen lights outside the milk carton for diffused light. Then edited with the free to download software package called gimp.

Sounds like a load of faffin about but results are pretty good.

Reminds me of that story of Dustin Hoffman and Lord Olivier appearing together in Marathon Man - watching Hoffman 'get into character for an hour or so, they began the scene and Hoffman seemed to be having trouble with the scene...Olivier leans towards him and whispers "You should try acting, lovie, it's much easier"

Some great advice here, I had an awful time doing product shots so I'll be taking some of this info onboard! Many thanks

I found some Swarovski beads online and thought I would share my find with others. I saw them at www.liangdianup.com and they also have all kinds of other beads made of glass, wood, metal, shell, and stone. You can see the beads at http://www.liangdianup.com/beadscrafts_1.htm

Or you can click your way to the beads section from the home page of thier website. They have tons of beads. The Swarovski beads are beautiful. I talked with them through email and a salesman said they also sell wholesale in bulk. I was thinking about starting a bead shop with arts and crafts. Happy beading to all :)