Photo friendly?

[snakeadelic]

The pink baroques I picked up Valentine's shopping. I'm considering whether they might be good for a design idea I'm mulling over.

 

[snakeadelic]

I don't remember where I got this, my biggest supply of any one sort of pearl. Just baroque whites, most likely cultured, full drilled, lots of pink & green iridescence in good light. I *definitely* have a design idea for some of them that will require someone good with unusual bezels on stones--not for the pearls, but for the stone I'd like to see framed in cleverly wire-wrapped pearls as a showpiece pendant! (Pic of the rock is available.)

 

[snakeadelic]

Boy do I hope this one sized down properly--help fixing if it didn't? I had forgotten to scale down the original and can't find a delete button in Manage Attachments, so I did the size-down properly on my end and re-uploaded. These are dyed reds of various sizes, no clue when or where I got them.

 

[snakeadelic]

Erm, maybe just help figuring out how to delete the extra version since it looks like sizing it down worked?

 

[snakeadelic]

...Noticing that my 4mb upload is now 19K, I'm gonna see if the upload manager was nice enough to do the re-size I apparently forgot on more than one photo...

The one thing I can sometimes use pearls for is twisted-wire trees if I'm careful with the pearls This one is unfinished (they get set in plaster in decorative containers) but does actually have a couple of the dyed purple flat-backs on it along with glass and amethyst. I can't find my ruler, so my best guess is it's around 3-4 inches from the bulbous base (which gets sunk in the plaster for stability) to the topmost amethyst chip. I'm thinking of getting back into this hobby, but won't use pearls for it heavily unless I discover a good enough market to support their cost in supplies. My mom has an online shop where she can sell such things, and I have an online store where my photos of such things can be put on a staggering array of stuff, so I may just see what happens.

 

[snakeadelic]

And that's gonna be it for a bit--having a very tough day with anxiety & upcoming appointments, but taking the time to just post pictures of pretty things has helped me a LOT to be able to bootstrap it up and face my afternoon with a smile that isn't *entirely* bared teeth

 

[lisa c]

Photographing pearls is quite a challenge, as weve all vome to know. I think a white background would serve you and your pearls better for future photos. The silver seems to be reflecting too much light, affecting how your camera is registering the pearls.

White paper towel or napkin,
Macro setting on your camera (flower) full zoom then back off a bit
No flash
Mid-day, indirect light, northern exposure

Hope things go well

 

[pearl-man]

I'm the only guy stringer here. I think. I was taught by my mother who founded our co which grew out of a bead stringing business.
I think the the best to learn how to knot is to buy a knotter, which is a small wooden tool with some pointstowhich SILK thread is Lund around and pulled up to tighten. I don't use cause they weren't invented 30+ years ago. You tube might have videos. I have one but as yet have not posted pictures here. I've just changed to Apple and have been cramming its processes into my head. I'm closer than a month ago and am anxious to post my latest development. I am also teaching someone to string. New materials make it easy to put together pretty suff from the beginning.
Norm

 

[Katbran]

Thanks for taking the time to post your photos, your efforts are much appreciated! Took me forever to figure it out

 

[snakeadelic]

Photographing pearls is quite a challenge, as weve all vome to know. I think a white background would serve you and your pearls better for future photos. The silver seems to be reflecting too much light, affecting how your camera is registering the pearls.

White paper towel or napkin,
Macro setting on your camera (flower) full zoom then back off a bit
No flash
Mid-day, indirect light, northern exposure

Hope things go well

Some definitely will, as one of my favorite things about my work room is the five-foot-wide north-facing window directly behind my computer monitor The pics I'm currently posting are meant to be "general idea" shots; if anyone wants better pics or to discuss the design ideas I'd love to find someone to make happen, that's super easy! I lucked into a pressboard six-drawer computer desk the size of a freakin' aircraft carrier, with pull-outs on both sides, one of which gets lots of light unless like today it's soggy & gray out Photos taken with the intent of professional use will definitely have a much better b/g than a slightly tarnished antique silver...saucer, I think it might be? I have a dozen silk, satin, and velvet articles of clothing and assorted scraps along with some gorgeous slate & shale type local stone and some gorgeous abalones, so background colors are easy to tinker with

 

[snakeadelic]

My neighbor switched from PC to Mac desktop a couple of years ago and says once you do get hold of all the little differences, it's a much easier system to use. He's had a couple of bad knocks on the head in his lifetime on motorcycles, so if he says it's easy he means it--not much is for him (tho not due to the knocks on the head) so he only says that when he means it Personally I like my PC but if I could steal any one program off the Mac it'd be iPhoto! And I can empathize with men who string/make jewelry being in a tiny minority--I play dice-based role-playing games, watch abysmal horror movies, keep 2 pet snakes, and play & collect Magic: the Gathering, all of which tend to be at least somewhat male-dominated hobbies. (I went to a Seattle MtG tournament that registered 500 players and was one of 3 females playing...)

My bad, should have done this with a quote reply--it's in answer to pearl-man

 

[pearl-man]

You can write me at pearl-man@ameritech.net. for stringing information. We have 100 years or more f experience.

 

[pearl-man]

You can write me at pearl-man@ameritech.net. for stringing information. We have 100 years or more f experience.