Necktie Party

[Loose Canon]

Getting ready to shoot some custom handmade glass jewelry pieces.

So I'm doing some testing!

Thoughts, comments, advice, amusing anecdotes, good jokes are all welcome!

[AndrewMcD]

Think I'll hang out and see how this develops.......

[Shadowman]

The hook shape works in the first image, in the second it distracts too much from the pendant, especially with the lengthy chain already grabbing attention.

[Loose Canon]

So how would you have handled it John?

[Shadowman]

So how would you have handled it John?

I would encircle the pendant with the chain and either place the end at an angle or nestle it within the rest of the chain.

[Loose Canon]

Sounds reasonable John. I need to avoid tangents if I can so I'll need to try to have the lengthening section (small piece of chain) doing something on its own.

I have already discovered that I'm going to have problems with these pendant chains!

Thanks you for taking the time to say John. Any amusing anecdotes or jokes while you're at it?

Hey? I'll start it off! How do you make a duck a soul singer?

Stick it in the oven until it's bill withers! (Nyuck, Nyuck)

Figured the bird folks would enjoy that one!

[IzzieK]

Terry...I like #1 very much and #2 it takes a while to like until I saw the pendant at the bottom. It is also a nice one so give it prominence over the chain.

[Brownbear]

Hi Terry,

Gorgeous images as always... I especially love the 2nd image, perhaps because of the star burst... Maybe making a circle of the little piece of chain to match the pendant shape and the link shape. And I especially love the 1st image for how beautifully you have captured all the red and the highlights and shadows.

[Mike Buckley]

Does the jewelry maker allow you to drape the necklace over a background, such as one that is in the shape of a woman's shoulders, with the clasp and much of the necklace hidden from view? If so, that would go a long way toward solving the problem of having a necklace distracting from a pendant and a clasp distracting from the rest of the necklace.

In the first one, what are the fine details displayed below the upper part of the necklace? Are those reflections created by a reflective tabletop? They're a bit distracting for me and not needed because your excellent lighting defines the shape and three-dimensional look of everything so nicely.

I prefer the gradient in the background of the first one to not using a gradient in the second one.

How do you make a duck a soul singer?

Please, no wise quacks.

[Shadowman]

Sounds reasonable John. I need to avoid tangents if I can so I'll need to try to have the lengthening section (small piece of chain) doing something on its own.

I have already discovered that I'm going to have problems with these pendant chains!

Thanks you for taking the time to say John. Any amusing anecdotes or jokes while you're at it?

Hey? I'll start it off! How do you make a duck a soul singer?

Stick it in the oven until it's bill withers! (Nyuck, Nyuck)

Figured the bird folks would enjoy that one!

My jokes don't usually receive positive feedback, so I'll leave it to you more seasoned punsters.

[Wavelength]

I like both these images extremely well; expecting more of this kind; adding starry glitter is really awesome

[Loose Canon]

Yeah, I think you guys are right (as usual)!

Christina I going to have to come up with some compositional wizardry. I have a feeling I am going to have to include the chains/wires/whatevers that are going to be part of this jewelry. Integrate that with the pendant part. It might be such that I could even let some of it leave the frame. To be honest I was more involved with the lighting than the composition this time out but that is going to have to change.

Thanks for commenting on that too Isabel. Good call guys.

Mike again she is looking for Jury images. That pretty much means no props. Or at least as I understand the requirements. And yes those are relections you are seeing. Easy enough to lose and I have a version where they are not there. Thing is, without them the piece looks like its floating. I’m probably going to be required to use a clean gradated surface. I think I’d like to try some of that watercolor paper that Sergey used in his glass shots but I don’t know if that would meet the requirements. In case you are interested I found some at Hobby Lobby. Picked up a piece of white and black, but they had other colors.

Hey John? My jokes suck too! But I think that’s why I like adding them so much! Folks can see the crappy photos, read the crappy jokes, and just shake their heads!

Thank you Nandakumar. I shot these with a 100mm, f/2.8 macro lens at f/22. Had to crank up some light to get to that aperture but if you have a nice spectral it will give you that burst. Plus it doesn’t hurt to play it up a little in post!

[Mike Buckley]

I'm gonna see if Michaels has some white, grey and black watercolor paper. I'll probably never use the grey but you never know.

[Loose Canon]

They didn't have the gray textured at the Hobby Lobby where I am. And that would have been the only color I really wanted!

[Mike Buckley]

If Michaels has it, I'll send you some. We'll be in touch.

[Digital]

Terry, nice photos.



Bruce