Redo photos of BOW ELDER bowl

[Allan Ferguson]

Changed background of bowl pics posted yesterday.

[Jamie Donaldson]

Allan, you're working way too hard with these photo set-ups. I count 5 lights in these 2 sets of images, and illumination of the wood is the goal, not cooking it! This colored background is now bouncing red tints onto the wood, inaccurately rendering the true color of the wood. Backgrounds of white, light gray or black will cover the entire range of desirable backgrounds that don't compete with wood, but black velvet is almost impossible to keep clean, so paper is much better. This nice light colored bowl would reproduce very well on gray or black, and simplification of your multiple lights/highlights set-up would also be very beneficial. With a workable enclosure you only need 1 light source.

[Allan Ferguson]

One of these days I will order a photo tent set up. I see what you mean.

[Jamie Donaldson]

They're very easy to assemble as a do it yourself project if you're interested. The Phrugal Photo Studio tutorial is somewhere here on the SMC, or directions on my site under the tips menu at JamieDonaldsonWoodturner.com