It is official. The GemAddicts contest has officially been launched, or will be in a couple hours. Make sure to check out the Form thread for the rules, how to enter, and what you can win!
Rules, Entrance Info, and Prizes.
Let’s have some fun folks and let’s see how good your work is! Open to gemstone cutters, gemstone cabbers, gemstone carvers, wire wrappers, metal smiths, wire weavers, chainmaille, jewelers, designers, etc.
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Just a few simple photographic setups for shooting your stones or Jewellery. The person iS the subject/stone in this Case. Discs are reflectors and disc around camera lens is a macro Lens reflector which can be had from Adorama.com for under $10. The reflectors can be true photo reflectors or white poster board, cardboard wrapped in crumpled up aluminum foil or a silver reflective fold up car windshield shade which cost about $6 from Wal-Mart automotive and are essentially same thing as a real photo one as long as get the oval ones that fold up into a small disc.
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