Family Jewels

Shooting jewelry on large format cameras with chrome ain't easy, folks. This was my third attempt. Our assignment for Advertising Photography was to shoot jewelry close-up and make it "dazzling". This necklace belonged to my aunt and maybe my grandmother before that so I hope I did it justice.



Set up involved two Broncolors (one with a grid and one with a snoot), a black panel for the background and lots and lots of time (and barely enough patience).

Shot on Sinar 4x 5
Fuji Provia
iso 100
f8 1/125

From the Archives

This shot was taken for our large format portfolio in August. I had intended to shoot the front of the building which housed a Chinese restaurant until a year or two ago. When a woman decided to come though the driveway during the one minute on a quiet Sunday afternoon I had chosen to park my car there, I was forced to get back in and pull around to the back. Suddenly, it became clear that I should have been shooting the back of the building instead. Thanks random lady.


Shot on Sinar 4X5
Fujichrome