Studio Photography

Taking photos of my pendants has been a challenge. Trying to 

minimize the reflections on the glass dome covering the artwork

is probably best left to the professionals. However that delightful service

 is not in my budget (yet).

This picture taken with my Pixel phone is not too bad, I am sure that a professional could make it much better, but for my purposes I'm pleased. There is a slight bit of reflective glare on the right side but not enough to be distorting. If you look closely, you can see my reflection in the bail, lol!

So this is what I've come up with using my photo box that my son gifted me for  Christmas one year. I placed a piece of fabric across the top.

It's set up near the window to get the natural diffused light on one side and the clip on light on the other. After I set up the shot, the white fabric gets pulled down in front and just my arms and camera poke through.

There is quite a bit of revision made after each shot but I can do that immediately after each one.

I do love this phone's camera....

Thank you for stopping by and have a lovely day!

The Package

I put so much thought and effort into packaging my products.

I want everything to look professional, yet handmade.

I want it to look "gift-able" and special.

I want it to be reasonably priced so that I don't have to increase my costs.

I want it to be easy to put together so that it's not too time consuming to assemble.

I want it to protect the product from damage.

I want it to look unique.

Quite a list.

The latest product for me to assemble are my magnet sets. They have been very popular in the shops that I have them in and at fairs.  All feature my original art layered under glass and with a super strong rare earth magnet on the back.

 

 

 

Choosing to mount them on vintage dictionary pages helps to accent the colors of the art. And chip board backing to keep the whole thing rigid. 

 

 

 

Everything gets tucked into a clear bag.

Some may call this an ironing board, today it was a packaging center.

This group is being packaged for a pop-up Mother's Day Gift Shop at:

 

arts mid hudson

New Items in My ETSY Shop.

Flowers of the Month

is a new series of drawings that I have made into

3x3 Art Bevels and Wearable Art Necklaces.

 

Each month of the year has a flower that represents 

it as well as a birthstone.

I have framed each one under glass.

 

 

  Also each one is made into a pendant.

To see the complete set, please visit my ETSY shop.

 

Hope you are all enjoying your weekend!

And if you have a minute or two to spare, I have entered 

the Martha Stewart,

American Made contest.

Voting starts in September I believe,

I will keep you posted!