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 Hip (Part 1)

Here are a series of photos shot from the hip while walking around New York City. In the four days I was there we didn't slow down much, so this kind of shooting seemed appropriate. And fun, actually.