Sunday, August 16, 2009
New Camera!
I bought a new camera just for ME to use! those of you who are in a family may appreciate this. i was always sharing a camera with others, which is just great & very cost effective except that, at times, the community camera was nowhere to be found. so, i finally decided to put out the bucks & buy a little camera for me to use. i got a kodak easyshare with manual controls (important for photographing jewelry) - i worked with it for a couple of hours the other day & i think it's going to be fine for emailing photos or maybe even for website photos. it's very easy to use so that is a real plus. of course, once you start adjusting things manually & trying to really get excellent photos of jewelry, things get a bit hairy but, all in all, i'm happy with it. i'll be posting some pictures soon, taken with the new cam, of course!
Newspaper Article
Last week was a big week for me and for my jewelry business - there was an excellent article published in our daily newspaper about my jewelry business. here is a link to the article:
http://www.2theadvocate.com/features/52842247.html.
the photographer and reporter came to my home studio and stayed for well over an hour, asking questions most of the time. they watched, took photos and took notes as i went about my typical jewelry-making routine. for this article, the focus was on my chain maille jewelry and on my lampwork beads so that's what i was working on that day. i coiled and cut wire and wove the resulting links together so that they got a good idea of the process involved in making this type of jewelry.
for the lampwork, we had to go onto the back porch, which is where i keep my lampwork set-up. it was HOT so i only made one bead - a gravity bead, which is one of my favorites to make, so that worked out well!
the only thing was a really fun experience and the article was really fabulous. lots of pictures and quite lengthy. the best part was that every detail of my jewelry process was explained absolutelyl correctly.
anyway, this was a really great experience for me. it has given lots of exposure in the community and i plan to frame the article (assuming i can find a large enough frame!) and have it at all of my upcoming shows. i think it will make a nice, professional statement in my booth.
http://www.2theadvocate.com/features/52842247.html.
the photographer and reporter came to my home studio and stayed for well over an hour, asking questions most of the time. they watched, took photos and took notes as i went about my typical jewelry-making routine. for this article, the focus was on my chain maille jewelry and on my lampwork beads so that's what i was working on that day. i coiled and cut wire and wove the resulting links together so that they got a good idea of the process involved in making this type of jewelry.
for the lampwork, we had to go onto the back porch, which is where i keep my lampwork set-up. it was HOT so i only made one bead - a gravity bead, which is one of my favorites to make, so that worked out well!
the only thing was a really fun experience and the article was really fabulous. lots of pictures and quite lengthy. the best part was that every detail of my jewelry process was explained absolutelyl correctly.
anyway, this was a really great experience for me. it has given lots of exposure in the community and i plan to frame the article (assuming i can find a large enough frame!) and have it at all of my upcoming shows. i think it will make a nice, professional statement in my booth.
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