Howto Bead & Jewelry Photography,
Or, really, just a few tips and tricks.

Collects the posts with photo tips in ’em. Also, here's the .pdf of the photography mini-workshop I gave at GlassAct's 2007 winter retreat, which some folks said they found was helpful. Most of the time you'll have to read a lot of boring guff about beads and jewelry to get one lil nugget of info. Of course, if you yourself are a bead or jewelry-maker (the audience to whom this really is directed) that might not be so painful...

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This post about bighole beads of 2007 & beyond also discusses some styling issues for photography. Originally posted 3jun08. 03jun2008

 
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In which both Kristin & Sylvus make incremental improvements. Originally posted 10aug07. 10aug2007

 
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Mini-stripeys Orginally posted 09aug06. 08sep2006

 
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How I shoot slides of beads and jewelry (28jan04) 24aug2005

 
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Just the one bead , but includes a shot of the setup used to photograph it, too. (posted 17dec03) 22may2004