My Camera

After my last blog post I went on the etsy forums and asked for a critique of my Ring-A-Ding Pendants. I got a mostly wonderfully positive response, so I'm not quite so bummed like I was. I also got a blog comment I'd like to respond to.

Yazmin said...

Why don't you share with us your camera model and the settings you are using? Maybe someone can make a suggestion on how to improve with what you have.


Also, are you using daylight bulbs in your lightbox? They can really make all the difference. :)

Thanks Yazmin :) First off, I have one daylight lightbulb lamp that I use with my lightbox, but its still just too dark. So my current setup is this:

I sit on the floor next to my great big sliding glass door and usually don't bother to use the lightbox and set it aside. My camera is a Canon Powershot A85 which I use with a great little Mini Tripod.



My photos are taken without flash, on the largest size, with the superfine (best) resolution. When I take jewelry photos, I set my camera on Manual. I use the macro option, and set the evaluative white balance. My ISO speed is at 400. After reading my manual I have set the exposure time at 1/160 and the Aperture at F2.8. Do I really know what this means? Nope! Everything else is left at normal settings. So If anybody has any tips for me, I would love to hear what I'm doing wrong.

Humble Beginning

So I've been putting off having a blog for a long time. I've had a DearDiary, an LJ, a Myspace, but this is where its happening, right? Anyway, I figure this is as good a point as any to start a blog, since I've just recently took the plunge and shelled out a couple hundred bucks on supplies and equipment to be able to solder jewelry at home.

Now, I certainly am no professional - yet - and my jewelrymaking tendencies have only amounted to a small amount of pocket cash before, but I really, really, don't want to work in retail again.

So here I am, typing with a couple pairs of pliers and silver wire lying in my lap, tiny, meticulous wire squares being shaped and filed between sentences. I have great ambitions, I assure you. But somebody better bite on this soon, lest my creativity become stifled.