Jig Photography

Tied these recently with what I think is a good looking pearl thread made by Coats.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...f/pearl002.jpg

Problem is...it doesn't show well in photos. Does anyone have any thoughts as to how to shoot something in pearl? I should see a light pink and blue iridescence to the body and blue for the head. Could not get it to show by photo editing either.

I shot closely using the macro setting. Multiple photos were shot with white balance (WB) set to fluorescent and incandescent settings, respectively, under the proper type of light. The above photo's WB was set to fluorescent and shot beneath a fluorescent lamp.

Your help is appreciated.

no flash?

Thanks for the reply.

I should add...photos were shot with no flash. The light sources were located above the camera during shooting.

Cant help with pics... definitely not my forte! But i will say sweet jig and as usual love the EYES!

Pup - one thing you can try is using a number of different smaller lights in different locations. I use elec. camp lanterns :D set up around and hold one over top. This helps to get the reflections in accent flash, but not sure if it would pull out a iradecent look?

Maybe.... Try using a LED light indirect along with your regular lights backed off a bit??? LED's kinda give off a white/purple light that may show off the pearl... just guessing tho. :confused:

I am no photographer and this is probably obvious to those that are. But nothing beats outside light when taking photos of anything.

Natural light lets the more subtle colors shine through. While man made lighting tends to wash out the more subtle hints of flash and color.

I realize NOW is not a good time to be taking pix outside. But in my opinion ( that may not be worth a darn ) the outdoor shots always look best.

I would for sure try them without a flash or in a little studio type setting.
I don't always use it, but some colors don't do well unless I shoot them on manual and in the studio box I bought. It's tiny like 9"x9" and got it for $20.

For sure I think your flash is over powering and washing out what you want.
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Thanks for the input everyone. :)

Here's an additional bit of advice that I received at another web site for photographing the pearl-colored jigs.

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Hm, well, iridescence is hard to capture in a photograph. My first suggestion would be to shoot the images with natural light and not anything artificial and see if that gives him any better results. The image looks a bit over-exposed also, which is always a danger with a white subject when shooting with a camera on auto. Shooting in natural light may help there, also. If he's still having problems with over-exposure, he could try changing the background to something lighter - the camera seems to have exposed for the black item that the jigs are sitting on, thus over-exposing the jigs. Another thing, tell him to make sure he can see the iridescence when he is looking through the viewfinder on the camera, because it could also have to do with the angle the camera is viewing the jigs at.

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Pup,
Defiantly overexposed. You might try focusing on a white peice of paper holding your camera shooting button half way down and then finish shooting the shot. This will trick out the camera exposure on auto cameras.You did not say if you have manual settings on your camera. I use daylight florescent which helps the color balance inside.What camera are you using? Did you use flash? I will shoot some pearl and record some settings if that would help.......................Ifish

Alls I can say is it's white, I like it. That's a fish catching color if I've ever seen one.

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Originally Posted by Len

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Len,

Thanks for the article. I had a light box once, but it was destroyed during a move. Time to think about making another one.

Ifish,

Camera is an older Samsung Digimax 530. Shots were made using "macro" for closeups. Some were taken with white balance set to fluorescent and others to incandescent. I take my shots indoors without flash.

Thanks everyone for your comments and input. :)