a sterling silver baby rattle with a white moon stone...
(i know this looks like an orange moonstone, but it's just the lack of direct light on the stone when photographing.)
and the sterling silver baby spoon with a hammered finish and curved handle...
the curved handle proves helpful with (1) holding onto the spoon when the baby is trying to pull it out of the parents hands and (2) for the child to hold onto it when they are learning to feed themselves.
now, photographing highly polished domed/concave metal is very very difficult! it reflects EVERYTHING!!! so, i used a photo box, lined with seamless curved white paper... and also natural light (a little blue reflecting from the sky.) these aren't too bad... but i still have lots to learn about photographing jewelry!!!
and, on a side note... i know that silver is traditional for babies (it's beautiful with a high polish... and even more beautiful when it shows it wear after months/years of use, cold on their gumbs when they are teething, and heavy enough that they can protect themselves from the bully babies they run into at gymboree) but did you know that silver is actually naturally antibacterial? see, even more reasons to give silver to the little ones!
3 comments:
Tracey,
These are WONDERFUL! And does the rattle have different options of stones? I think I may need some of these for baby presents. :)
they look like wicked fancy and beautiful heroin spoons. and that last picture looks like it has some in it ... cooking away. sorry, hope that doesn't sound like a bad thing. they're really beautiful and well-designed. it's just that my mind immediately sees such a use for it.
Typically jewellery photography requires specific lighting and a pretty decent lens, but I googled "jewellery photography" and came up with them..um...gem ;)
http://www.tabletopstudio.com/documents/jewelry_photography.htm
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