Challenges....

As I said in my last post it's the Mayfest weekend. I met another artist, Sally Wade. (swadeworks@gmail.com) She is a jeweler from Tyler, Texas and makes some fine art......no pun intended. We talked for a while and hit it off. As usual cats and dogs were falling from the sky so the crowds weren't visible and we had time to really talk jewelry. ( It is almost like a Rite of Spring, Mayfest-rain and wind for the first day or so. ) I liked her style and she is a very nice person, we decided to photograph some of her work.

Jewelry is tough to photograph. I was in on the photographing of thousands of dollars of diamonds, rings, and other jewelry with Joe Bergeron at his studio in New Orleans on several occasions in the early 80's for his client Diamond Dealers Exchange, Phillip Gabriel Sr. Lighting is the key and getting there may take hours. However-once there it gets pretty easy with just minor tweaks for additional pieces.Sally has a "look" in mind for her work that she hopes will aid her in getting into more shows.

In many exhibitions for The Professional Photographers of America, Wedding Photographers International, and many state affiliations of these organizations there are guidelines for what they want to look at in terms of size, mounting, and density of the image. The prints are viewed in a dark room with lights that are actually pretty bright, and if not printed to these specifications, the prints look washed out. Sally does great work and needs great imagery to aid her into getting in to more shows. We set out on the road to success.....found a few more bumps than expected.

To be continued