Dichroic Photography

Photography tip for shooting clear dichroic

After photographing  some Dichroic Scraps and I discovered something I wanted to share.

The Dichroic Scraps will be on sale in the Fun House so they needed some photos. The scarps were of dichroic on clear. I had a problem was when I was photographing them on white I was loosing all detail.

So what I did was place a black piece of foam-core out of frame to see if I could get a little contrast and something really cool happened. The color on the Dichroic Scraps jumps out.

Here is what append when I placed a black piece of foam-core behind it.

As you can see it made an amazing difference. So if you’re having problems photographing dichroic beads try putting something dark  next to it out of frame.

More tips for using light modifiers.

My theory was more lights there were meant for better photos. Later I learned that is not the case. It’s all about how you use the light. Some times more light makes it worse. The photos would have too much contrast and hot spots. I needed to develop something that would allow me to easily set up and break down for any type of bead, pendant, marble or sculpture and any type of glass as well. I would shoot something like Dark Ivory a lot different than an opal or dichroic. Read more

Need More Information and Inspiration?

When you click on the Web Gallery, a web page appears that shows links for the three different sections of the web gallery that are Focal Beads, Spacer Beads and Strands. Click on one of the choices and you will be taken to a page of thumb (small images) to pick from. When you click on a thumb image, a large image will appear with a list of the different glass colors that were used in that bead and the glass colors are linked to the Frantz Art Glass web page for easy purchase, plus pertinent information on how the bead was made. Read more

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A solution for photography of small beads. Keith talks about a simple and cheap solution to. Read more