David Orr Photography: Jewelry Photography

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Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Turquoise and Cultured Opal Photography, Jewelry Portraits

Posted by David and Amanda Orr at 11:30 AM

Sterling Products came to us for assistance in marketing their beautiful turquoise and cultured opal products. Capturing the iridescence of the opals presented quite the challenge! Our finished images are being used for their website, printed marketing materials, and banners for their Tucson show booth display.

Thursday, August 16, 2012

International Society of Glass Beadmakers Journey Publication

Posted by David and Amanda Orr at 7:00 AM

We were excited to photograph glass art jewelry and beads for a number of members of the International Society of Glass Beadmakers, for publication in the new book Journey , including Judy Carlson, Michele Coletti, Kathryn Guler, Sheila Olason, Kristen Frantzen Orr, Diane Sepanski, Toni Tracy, Gail Hapner, and the So Cal Flame Surfers society. The book is a snapshot of the growth and evolution of these amazing glass artists.

Diane Sepanski

Gail Hapner

Judy Carlson

Kathryn Guler

Kristen Frantzen Orr and Gail Rappa

Michele Coletti

Toni Tracy

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Beads by Gail G. Finney

Posted by David and Amanda Orr at 3:33 PM

Here is some beautiful new work by glass artist Gail G. Finney of Corona Beads. Gail asked me to photograph her beads for submission to the upcoming Women in Glass issue of The Flow Magazine. What's amazing about Gail's work is the wide range of techniques she incorporates in her designs.

This brooch combines a lampworked glass bead and heart of felted dog hair.

This lampworked glass bead features a "painted" technique using enamel.

These ceramic beads are decorated with an underglaze pencil technique.

Thursday, August 25, 2011

San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo Murrini Cane by Kevin O'Grady

Posted by David and Amanda Orr at 8:00 AM

Here is an amazing murrini cane project I photographed for glass artist Kevin O'Grady. His borosilicate glass cane depicts the historic mission, San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, in Carmel, California.

Kevin put together the finished cane from his various original cane components, handmixing the color of each component himself. The completed murrini measures 2.25" across, and Kevin then pulls this cane down to a usable size to create one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces. He has logged several hundred hours into creating this particular mission cane, and has made it his goal to depict all 21 historic Spanish Missions along the coast of California.

Monday, August 22, 2011

Jewelry by Kristen Frantzen Orr and Gail Rappa

Posted by David and Amanda Orr at 8:00 AM

Here is a beautiful glass, metal and stone pendant, a collaboration between Kristen Frantzen Orr (mom!) and Gail Rappa. I photographed this piece for their submission to the Wild Women Artists' annual postcard.

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Metal Jewelry Designs by Gwendolyn Youngblood

Posted by David and Amanda Orr at 8:00 AM

Metalsmith and jewelry artist Gwendolyn Youngblood asked me to photograph her jewelry designs for classes she teaches at national shows such as Bead & Button and Bead Fest. (Gwendolyn was referred to me by one of my favorite jewelry clients, Jill Wiseman. I love referrals!) Gwendolyn's work beautifully incorporates a variety of techniques and materials. Below is a small sample of her designs.

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Catalog Photography for Arlee Kasselman Jewelry Design

Posted by David and Amanda Orr at 8:00 AM

We had a lot of projects this past spring that didn't make it to the blog. Now that summer's here and I'm feeling a bit caught up, I wanted to share a few of our new images. One of these projects was catalog photography for Arlee Kasselman Jewelry Design.

Each collection features a necklace, pendant, bracelet and earrings designed around a positive theme (eternal peace, powerful energy). In addition to using exotic gemstones--such as rutillated and honey quartz, golden citrine, kyanite and lapis--Arlee hand designs the silver and gold vermeil components, as well as the chains, of each piece.

Friday, July 1, 2011

Jewelry Designs by Karen Sugarman

Posted by David and Amanda Orr at 12:20 PM

Scottsdale jewelry designer Karen Sugarman's necklaces look like glittering treasures plucked from a crystal-encrusted cavern or washed up on a tropical beach.

The first piece, entitled "Shell of an Idea III," features pink and white shell beads, pink rhodochrosite, baroque pearls, and an antique, angel skin coral cameo with a 10K gold bezel. To give the image a natural, sunlit look, I used a diffused backlight at a low angle to emphasize the contours of the cameo and glittering texture of the black sand. The second piece, entitled "Melodie Necklace," features an 88-carat Swiss-blue topaz briolette, accented by multicolored tourmaline briolettes. The challenge here was to capture the glow of the faceted briolettes without washing out the tones of the graduated background.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Handcrafted Metal Jewelry by Bonnie Beyer

Posted by David and Amanda Orr at 1:46 PM

I recently had the opportunity to photograph some of Bonnie Beyer's unique, handcrafted jewelry. Bonnie has been designing pieces for 33 years using a variety of materials such as Swedish horseshoe nails, hand-hammered brass and copper, sterling silver and wire. If you happen to be in Chautauqua, NY, you can check out Bonnie's one-of-a-kind, seasonal art gallery/gift shop, the Art Loft. The spacious gallery has 40-foot ceilings, 5 rooms, and represents the work of over 100 artists in all mediums.

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Photography at the Tucson Best Bead Show, Spring 2011

Posted by David and Amanda Orr at 8:00 AM

Here are some fairly unedited preview images of jewelry I photographed at the Tucson Best Bead Show.
Martha Brown and husband Steve drove down to the Tucson show all the way from Illinois. Like many of the show's attendees, they were expecting to have escaped the frigid weather of their home state, and were a bit surprised when arriving in Arizona! They brought several of their beautiful PMC and bronze clay pieces to be photographed, two of which are below.

My mom, Kristen Frantzen Orr, has been exhibiting with the Best Bead Show since the beginning. She and I used to go down to the Tucson show together when I was just a kid in grade school, hunting for the next amazing find for my mineral collection. She helped get me into jewelry photography, and I've had lots of practice over the years photographing her incredible floral lampwork beads! Here are a couple of her designs for sale at the current show.

Friday, February 4, 2011

Suzanna DiMarco Jewelry Fashion Portraits

Posted by David and Amanda Orr at 8:00 AM

Here are some recent jewelry fashion portraits we photographed to highlight Suzanna DiMarco's amazing jewelry designs. We created these images in our home studio over the course of three hours. Special thanks to the gracious models!