John Robert Pennington Photography » jewelry http://www.johnrobertpennington.com/blog www.JohnRobertPennington.com Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:00:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 Jewelry lighting tutorial and printed work http://www.johnrobertpennington.com/blog/2009/12/jewelry-lighting-tutorial-and-printed-work/ http://www.johnrobertpennington.com/blog/2009/12/jewelry-lighting-tutorial-and-printed-work/#comments Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:55:03 +0000 John Robert Pennington http://www.johnrobertpennington.com/blog/?p=329 My photographs of Carol Hamilton metal clay jewelry in Metal Clay Artist MagazineThe Metal Clay Artist Magazine showed up on my doorstep the other day with some photo work I did for Carol Hamilton, a metal clay artist. So the hamster in my noggin dusted off his sneakers and jumped on the Dual-o-matic Hamster Memory Bank Wheel.  I have been wanting to write a tutorial for a jewelry lighting setup for three months now.  Life just gets busy sometimes I guess.  So, this is where I put my foot down; I will not write another post until I post a jewelry lighting tutorial.

On another note,  it never gets old seeing tangible work whether it be prints or publications.  It gets the satisfaction bubbles flowing.

It reminds me that Ansel Adams had a three book series: The Camera, The Negative, and The Print.  If republished today, Adams would have to rename his books to The Camera, The Digital Negative, and The Internet. Oh how the digital age has torn the photographer away from printing!

Here is my call to action to anyone with a camera:

If you haven’t printed a photograph for yourself in the past month, pick out a favorite (preferably one never printed before) and print it.  It doesn’t matter if it considered fine art, client work, portraits, or just a common family photo; just pick one. Make the print a 16×20 or bigger.  Buy a frame. Hang it in a commonly used space in your living quarters. Enjoy.

Grace and Peace

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