Commitment: the state of being emotionally impelled to do something. My commitment is to making art, loving life and doing well.

Daily Artworks... my continuing challenge for 2015: Observe and record. Record and observe. And stretch - s-t-r-e-t-c-h - myself.
What will I discover?

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Close Up and Personal - Day 15

More Toys and New Tricks    





A Styrofoam Cup Light Tent for Close-Up Photography of Jewelry  
-   and other very small things  

With the fun of making a new photography toy yesterday, I decided to try again today with a different camera and a real challenge - to photograph a piece of jewelry or a coin as if I were going to sell it online.
I had a point-and-shoot camera with macro capabilities, a goose neck lamp, a lapel pin, and a styrofoam cup upended and with its base cut off. The initial idea came from this blog post. Thanks, Strobist! It me took a bit of time to convince the camera that I knew what I was doing, but in the end it allowed me to do a manual focus macro shot. The cup doubled as a handy tripod for the shoot.
I'll be looking for other sizes in opaque cups to allow for zooming in on the subject, but on the whole, this experiment turned out well.
 

1 comment:

Barbara Martin (@Reptitude) said...

I just sent a big white laundry detergent jug to the recycling. Now it will take me a year to use up the new one. (Maybe I need to do more laundry?) This site you found (thank you!!!) has another tutorial I like a lot -- maybe big enough for smaller art pieces at http://strobist.blogspot.com/2006/07/how-to-diy-10-macro-photo-studio.html

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