Are these the bulbs I need? I am just so done with pics....
 

Okay..... I have read everything I can possibly read about taking pics and have spent a good deal of money, and if I mentioned the time trying to get a decent pics, I would really look like an idiot. Here's the deal if anyone would be so kind as to help me.

I had a website made, but I need pics to go live, (I can not get a decent picture), I purchased a Coolpix L1, photo tent, use a tripod, used the lights that come with the kit, they don't help. So I read everything I can about white balance, depth of field, backgrounds, lighting, etc. I've tried sunlight and every possible mix between my camera and what instructions I've read, but I still have crappy pictures. I even got Photoshop when I already had Paint 8, just to follow the tuts that were given online to adjust the pictures.


My biggest problem is, that I need to photograph pieces that are just silver, pendants, earrings... and I can not get a good pic, they are grainy beyond belief and the color is so off. I am trying to learn Photoshop, but I'd rather learn how to take a decent picture first, and then tweek it.

Will these bulbs help? http://sell-it-on-the-net.com/online...ment_lamps.htm

Thanks in advance
Edie

Bulbs aren't your problem. Camera settings most likely are. If you can, post an unedited photo so we can see it. If you don't edit it, I can look at the EXIF data (the information about camera settings) and make some suggestions.

Chad, thanks for the offer, but I deleted all the images from my memory card, there wasn't even one worth keeping. I'll try to get some more pics in the next few days.
Edie

Actually, 5000k bulbs will help, all else being equal. The color tone is much closer to daylight so you won't get that annoying yellowing or graying-out of the colors that you get with typical incandescent or fluorestent bulbs.

Kalera, I did go ahead and order the light bulbs, right now I'm just using the Reveal 100 watts and I don't think they are enough for my camera. It is the yellowing that I'm getting from the silver, but when I shoot pics of jewelry with beads, I can get a decent pic, well decent enough to play with. I took some pictures of jewelry for my jury slides, and with the help of a graphic designer friend, they look really good, if there's color in the picture it seems to work. My problem is with shooting plain silver, I have used every camera setting, in the tent, in my window and have kept a record of every pic to see what I'm doing wrong, and for the life of me I can't get it right. I have read my camera manual top to bottom, even put the silver in the freezer to cut down on the glare and used every color of background paper I can think of. I'm to the point where I think I might just scan my silver and then tweek them in Photoshop.

At this point I would pay someone to try and get a decent picture of silver with my camera. I'll try again when the bulbs get here but at this point I am wasting so much time that I'm falling behind making stock because I am so obsessed with why this won't work!

Thanks for your input
Edie