Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Eric Speaking of milk jugs and pics of diamonds etc., when I was working in photography and had to photograph jewelry, I airbrushed (sprayed) the shiny stuff with milk to suppress the specular reflections. Worked beautifully every time! Jerry Eric Welch wrote: > on 06/21/03 6:00 PM, Tim Atherton at tim@KairosPhoto.com wrote: > > > Photographing diamonds is darned hard, I can tell you - I much prefer > > photographing the people cutting them! > > Well, Tim, I'm sure you can guess I'd like to see the photos! > > I find cabochons and highly polished gold, platinum and silver a nightmare. > We have a pyramid at work we use to light the stuff. But anything with a > near-adamantine luster is tough. One stinking facet can ruin the whole > photo. Shoot six or seven stones at one and I'm sweating. > > I guess I'll cut up a milk jug for location shooting. I think the budget can > handle that. Though I'm going to be pushing for all new IBM PPC970 G5 Macs > soon. :-) > > Eric > Carlsbad, CA > > "Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and > he'll be warm for the rest of his life." -Terry Pratchett. > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html