Lizzie,
Did you do the white balance with the beads in place? If so, try it without them.
The meter within the camera is trying to bring everything to a middle gray. If you were taking a photo of a checker board, with a good blend of light and dark, it would work perfectly. Since your photo is more light than dark, your photos are coming out too dark.
Experiment with changing your EV settings to come up with a good exposure. Start with -1/3 EV and go in 1/3 EV increments until you get to -2 Ev. Once you have this number, you can easily duplicate a proper exposure using the same light setup and background.
The only variable after that is the lightness or darkness of your subject. If you camera has an Autobracket feature, set it to take 3 photo at a time. You can adjust the amount of bracket, start with +/- 1 F-Stop. You might be able to fine tune it to +/- 2/3s F- Stop.
Steve
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