Your input requested (Jewelry business)

[featherynscale]

The Hot Nurse asked me to donate a piece of jewelry to the silent auction her son's school is having as a fund-raiser. I have no problem in the world doing that, of course, but she also said, "You know, you should include your business card so it's like advertising." This is also undeniably true. However. I do not have a business card. I do not have a business card because I do not have anything to direct people to via a business card. I need a website.

There are a couple of things that block me from having a website. I'm pretty sure I could put one together, even if was just a shop on a larger site, or something I put together with somebody's e-commerce toolkit. However. In order to do that, I'd need good photographs of my work. I do not seem to be capable of producing good photographs of my work. I think it would help me to have a light-box and some sort of display platform, which I could probably build. It would also help me to use a tripod. I think I have one somewhere. But that's all I know about. If some of you other picture-taking folks could point me to some tips on taking good up-close photos of shiny things, it would be greatly appreciated.

Also, I would need a name for said website, and the jewelry business it would allegedly represent. Any suggestions there would also be appreciated. I've been using 'Entropic Trinity' but, of course, it's just my work, and the entropic part perhaps suggests that the things are likely to explode or disintegrate at any moment, which is not really what I want to convey.

So, what do you think?

Comments

[lexpendragon.livejournal.com]

I asked a pro/coworker/dragonflydani, who said:

dragonflydani: these next 3 links are tutorials for making your own light box
dragonflydani: http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=281524
dragonflydani: http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/how-to-make-a-inexpensive-lig\
ht-tent/
dragonflydani: http://www.studiolighting.net/homemade-light-box-for-product-photography\
/
lexpendragon: What about the site itself. You use that etsy thing, is that worth mentioning?
dragonflydani: i'm getting there dang it
lexpendragon: Oh, sorry.
dragonflydani: http://www.etsy.com/how_selling_works.php
dragonflydani: http://www.etsy.com/fees.php
dragonflydani: and tell them they can email me with any questions or the like at danilionjewelry@gmail.com
dragonflydani: ALSO
dragonflydani: maybe mention something about flickr, and how it is a great tool to share photographs with the masses
dragonflydani: http://www.etsy.com/about.php
dragonflydani: that is probably more helpful

Her stuff is doing pretty well.

dragonflydani: also
dragonflydani: http://www.clubflyers.com
dragonflydani: this is that place that has 1000 biz cards for 30$

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

Thanks! That's a whole bunch of useful. :)

[zylch.livejournal.com]

I will contribute to the purchase/construction of a photo box, if it means I can use it for photographing knives and such.

[dramaticaddict.livejournal.com]

i always thought your screen name was nice, and might work for your jewelry stuffs...
anywhoo, for up close, since i dont have a macro lens, and am an old fashioned person who still uses film, omg, i use a zoom lense....
the other option would be to find someone who would take pics for you...

Business name

[popefelix.livejournal.com]

You should call it "Steve". Because that would be memorable. Not "Jewelry by Steve". Not "Steve's Jewelry". Not even "Eh, Steve!" - that's taken. Just Steve. People would remember it for the bizarre name.

And you should hire shauna_aura to design the site for you, and me to program it. :)

*Ninjitsu comment*

[matchgirl42.livejournal.com]

If you cannot find your tripod, I have one, but currently have no camera as it is in the pawn shop (although I hope to get it back out soon), so would be happy to loan it to you.