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    taking pictures of pearl jewellery

    This look took a lot of mirrow work! Smeagol is a siamese cat and with its 6 cat years (42 in human years) the centre of our workshop. If he doesn't sleep on the chair next to his master he sits on the jewellery displays to flirt with the female customers. He likes the feeling of pearls under...
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    taking pictures of pearl jewellery

    What a fantastic idea to put them in water! I had a talk to a wedding photographer and she told me to have the setting for light on +1 (most of you will have it as the little wheel on the left side). Because all natural backgrounds contain the colour grey in some way. If you then want to take a...
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    taking pictures of pearl jewellery

    I totally agree, true colours are what the customers are holding in their hands at the end of the day. Especially if you sell pearls over the internet as we do, if the picture is promising something they are not you will loose the customers trust.
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    taking pictures of pearl jewellery

    Hey Lisa, Thanks for your nice comment about my abilities in taking pictures :)The last picture is actually the one that comes closest to what the pearls look like in real. And I must say that taking pictures on a cloudy day are showing the best results! I don't work with any other light source...
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    taking pictures of pearl jewellery

    examples examples Oh so good to see that so many of you are fighting with the same problem! I am using a Canon PowerShot G10 camera with a 28-140mm wide zoom 14.7 mega pixel (Adeline I am also lost when it get' too technical :)) Using macro (little flower) and indirect light I took a few...
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    taking pictures of pearl jewellery

    I had to take a few pictures of pearl necklaces today. I must say that I struggled a bit to find the right position, light and shape to bring out the features. A few of you might have had the same problem, ones you upload the pictures onto your computer it does not show the same glow of the...
  7. Shell with conical and forming free form pearl

    Shell with conical and forming free form pearl

  8. abalone free form pearls

    abalone free form pearls

  9. abalone conical pearl

    abalone conical pearl

  10. abalone cluster pearl

    abalone cluster pearl

  11. Abalone pearls

    Abalone pearls

  12. "paua jelly fish"

    "paua jelly fish"

  13. paua pendant "bloom"

    paua pendant "bloom"

  14. flora and fauna

    flora and fauna

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    How to clean natural Abalone pearls

    Hi Caitlin, Yes the conchiolin is softer leaving the ocean than it is ones it has been drying in the sun. We are involved in new projects with a few new people on board (also from overseas to excuse a few spelling mistakes ;)), so we will keep posting our discoveries :) To answer Pattye and...
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    How to clean natural Abalone pearls

    Hi everybody, While we started to sort out our new harvest of pearls we thought it could be interesting for you to see a bit of the transformation process. You might know that the nacre layers of the natural Abalone (also known as Paua or Haliotis Iris) are very present. In between each layer...
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    Something nice for Caitlin as a "Thank You" for all her work here

    Lucky. Lucky Caitlin Yes you do deserve them You do a Great JOB for us ALL
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    IJT (International Jewellry show in Tokyo 2011)

    This quote has inspired me to encourage members to put their Fine Jewellery or Contemporary pictures of pearls on the forum. These are pearls made into Contemporary Jewellery - but I could wear Nozomis Earrings any day.
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    IJT (International Jewellry show in Tokyo 2011)

    International Jewellery show in Tokyo 2011 International Jewellery show in Tokyo 2011 This is Nozomi (Hopepaua) choosing pearls Hopepaua, the pearls look wonderful in these FINE JEWELLERY creations. That is the great thing about Abalone Pearl, looks great in contempory pieces and fine...
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    Question about horn shape of abalone pearls

    What are your thoughts on these photos What are your thoughts on these photos You have seen these before and they explain a lot
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