Photography for Metal Arts seminar with professional Craft Photographer George Post
Live online via Zoom
The first session of our new series will cover best known practices for metal art photography presented by professional craft photographer George Post
Free to members
Date: Sunday, June 13, 2021
Time: 2:00 pm PST
Free to members
Check your email for the Zoom link
ABOUT GEORGE POST:
George Post is a freelance photographer, based in the San Francisco Bay Area with a client base of individual artists and craftspeople who work in a variety of 2D and 3D media. Many of them sell their creations on the craft-fair circuit, using George’s photographs of their work to jury into the more prestigious shows throughout America. George does some purely commercial photography as well.
A Life Member of ASMP, the American Society of Media Photographers, George also enjoys photography for his own artistic expression. He has a special fondness for colorful, unusual subject matter, and his archives include an eclectic mix of landscapes, cityscapes, astronomical, meteorological, geological, and biological images.
Types of subject & Orientation
- Hanging – Pendants, Necklaces, Earrings (Post vs. Wire, Fishing Line Frame)
- Tabletop – 3d Objects, Jewelry with camera on tripod
- Copy Stand
Lighting
- Hot
- LED
- Flash
- Polarization
Backgrounds
- Paper including Gradient
- Slate, Stone, Glass
- Formica, Acrylic, Duralar
- Obtaining Total White
White Balance
- Gray Card, Cube, etc
- Camera Menu
- Custom White Balance
- Correcting with Software
Arrangement and Composition
- Optimal camera angle
- Positioning Jewelry – Skewer, Rubber-tipped tool, Squeeze Bulb
- Earrings: Side-by-Side vs. Staggered
- Groups & Ensembles
- Hidden Props, Putty & Wax
- Framing – Tight vs Loose, Square Crop, Stretching Rectangular to Square
Shoot-to-Memory-Card vs. Tethering
Digital Image Processing
- Photoshop and ACR
- Lightroom
- TIFF vs JPEG
- Special Sizing & Formats (for jurying & online sales)
Hiring a Pro
- Recommendations & Word of Mouth, Google, Ads
- Hourly Rate
- Rights Granted