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Easy tips for better bead-embroidery photos

January 27, 2010 by Denise Felton 1 Comment

Bead-embroidery maven Robin Atkins is sharing first-rate tips for shooting and editing photos of beadwork. Tip number one:

Beads are shiny objects, which reflect light, especially faceted beads. Therefore, almost all direct lighting yields terrible results. I take most of my pictures outside on days when there are high clouds and the sun is overcast.

Put together the rest of her tips, and you have a quick online course that will improve your beading photos instantly. Go get all the details from Robin.

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  1. nicky williams says

    February 1, 2010 at 8:01 am

    Hi Robin,
    I just wanted to say how much I love your blog, with all your different beaded embellished textile work you have done!

    I am also a bead embellishing textile person too, and have been working on a multi dimension piece at the moment.

    Thank you so much for showing your work.
    Its much appreciated, and very inspiring too!

    Best regards

    nicky williams

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