#dramatic photos

[admiralgiggles]

Dramarama

[zoeandsubalovephotography]

Steve McCurry

[gxdcomplex]

"When we think of the past it's the beautiful things we pick out. We want to believe it was all like that." -- Margaret Atwood

[sahu1-blog]

Photos: Rihanna rocks gray wig as she transforms for Tush magazine

Photos: Rihanna rocks gray wig as she transforms for Tush magazine

Photos: Rihanna rocks gray wig as she transforms for Tush magazine

The singer and fashion icon switches up her look and transforms into some kind of goddess in new dramatic photos for German fashion magazine, Tush. The Bajan beauty rocks a long gray wig, frosted eyebrows, and a pair of white feathery wings as she poses in the Nevada desert for famed photographers, Gomillion & Leupold. See more…

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[endlessprelude]

Half the time we play SSBB we're actually fighting. The other half is spent taking dramatic photos of ourselves.

[chrysalisjewelry-blog-blog]

A little photography trick that works for me.

Several people have asked about how I do my jewelry photography, and I am happy to share. First of all, I am not an expert in this field and what I have learned is through trial and error. My goal is to set my jewelry apart from other designers and to present each piece in a way that emphasizes its character.

Like many beginning jewelry makers, my first method was to place the piece of jewelry directly on the bed of a scanner and scan it. The result was passable for most items but it doesn't work well for anything more than a fairly simple piece.

Then my husband bought me a light tent and photography lights that were supposed to be the best way to get good quality jewelry photos with filtered lighting and virtually no shadows. This method works very well for photographing gemstone jewelry or highly detailed pieces, where the reflection or the intricate pattern is the priority. But my style is more rustic and tribal, so the light tent was not achieving the desired result.

My experiments found that choosing a complimenting background that is consistent with my jewelry style is the first issue. I found thrift stores to be a good source for the weathered looking backgrounds that suit my work. Then I discovered that moving all the lights to one side of the piece creates shadows that I can manipulate to bring out color and contrast, and most of all add drama to the image. This method works very well for my style.

Cameras are another subject but my personal choice is a Nikon COOLPIX (about $200). The technology changes so fast that in 3 years, when an improved COOLPIX comes out on the market, I will buy a new one rather than spending weeks or months learning how to use a more expensive and complicated camera. But that's just me.