glass_beads
2006-07-26, 5:55pm
I thought my pics were pretty good before, but I was unable to accurately capture certain colors like any of the metallic colors so I finally ordered a small light tent and daylight bulbs in the hopes it would make a difference. I just got it but already I'm noticing a pretty good difference.
I don't have stands for my lights so I wasn't able to get them into a good position on the outside of the cube but for a first attempt I'm pleased...
This first image is without any editing whatsoever and just using the auto-settings on the camera (I'm still learning how to use the manual settings so that will be a few days before I have a handle on that...at least)...so no editing whatsoever on this first image:
http://www.whitneystreetstudio.com/auctions/example-1-noedit.jpg
This is the same image with only ONE edit. I was in a hurry so I didn't fuss, I just clicked on the right eyedropper tool in the "Levels" to correct the background -- no other editing...same image as the one above:
http://www.whitneystreetstudio.com/auctions/example-1-levels.jpg
I imagine once I get the hang of using the camera properly and where to place my lights I will be good to go.
I don't have stands for my lights so I wasn't able to get them into a good position on the outside of the cube but for a first attempt I'm pleased...
This first image is without any editing whatsoever and just using the auto-settings on the camera (I'm still learning how to use the manual settings so that will be a few days before I have a handle on that...at least)...so no editing whatsoever on this first image:
http://www.whitneystreetstudio.com/auctions/example-1-noedit.jpg
This is the same image with only ONE edit. I was in a hurry so I didn't fuss, I just clicked on the right eyedropper tool in the "Levels" to correct the background -- no other editing...same image as the one above:
http://www.whitneystreetstudio.com/auctions/example-1-levels.jpg
I imagine once I get the hang of using the camera properly and where to place my lights I will be good to go.