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Large Chinese Good Fortune Bracelets

RP Birt — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 14:50:29 +0000

while the settings are very similar, each of these bracelets has such a different character and personality.

Chinese Mandarin Court Necklace Fodouda

RP Birt — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 18:05:11 +0000

These were shot for the PrivateCollection Blog… there is just something special about them…. Fodouda (Buddha’s Head) beads are unique in their shape … completing the circle of the necklace and joining the counter weight ….

Chinese Silver Dragon Beads

RP Birt — Thu, 27 May 2010 21:51:53 +0000

These 13 huge 22mm ( 28mm with stems) silver beads, each with 2 three claw dragons were not around very long… I would have liked to have had more time to work with them. There was something special in the way that they felt and the sounds they made when they would ‘rattle’ together… perhaps I should have shot a video rather than stills to get the full effect!

Chinese Carved Jade Beads

RP Birt — Sun, 23 May 2010 11:38:30 +0000

These carved jade beads were probably from a Mandarin Court necklace… the large 28mm Head Bead had so much character that it seemed to be looking into the camera.

Chinese Peking Glass Beads

RP Birt — Fri, 21 May 2010 13:38:10 +0000

A lot of my time is spent photographing various types of beads… the Chinese were amazing at creating things out of glass… often combining other elements such as knotting or jade links… the challenge is always to try to present what is really a repetitive element in an interesting way…

Chinese Tourmaline Pearl Necklace

RP Birt — Sat, 15 May 2010 18:57:21 +0000

this was a difficult piece to photograph… all of the different surface angles acted like mirrors… couldn’t get all of the reflections out but the contours of the stones came out well in the neck form shots.

Chinese Silver Six Dragon Bracelet

RP Birt — Mon, 10 May 2010 17:47:06 +0000

a beautiful piece to photograph….

Chinese Ethnic Silver Necklaces

RP Birt — Sat, 01 May 2010 16:11:38 +0000

These large necklaces (many are over 18” in diameter and weighing well over a pound) are also called torques. They have been popular in China since the Tang Dynasty ( A.D. 618. – A.D. 907)… and remain popular today with many of Southwestern China’s ethnic minority groups… Miao (Mong/Hmong, Dong, Zhuang, Li and others.)

Chinese 19th century Carved Jade Lock

RP Birt — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 15:59:17 +0000

Photographing jade is always a challenge. It is difficult to capture the ‘life’ that is there. Normally, I wouldn’t include my fingers in a shoot… but with this piece it was easier to tilt the object than the camera. I had originally photographed this 19th century Nephrite Chinese lock for PrivateCollection’s 07-04-11 blog but I was never happy with the photos… I am glad I had a second chance.

Now that lightbox is installed on the site, I can use a mixture of different sizes of images in the layout but when lightbox is launched, all of the images are grouped together by lightbox into one enlarged presentation …. give it a try … click on any image …It really adds flexibility for layouts and impact to the photos!

Chinese Silver Lapis Buddha Ring

RP Birt — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:34:07 +0000

sometimes there is a piece that has surprises… this was definitely one of them!

Chinese Smoky Quartz Badger

RP Birt — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:31:49 +0000

I spent a lot of time with this badger…. he was very elusive and at first did not want to be photographed on a dark background … but he had so much character and like the jade monkey, he had a way of looking into the camera … so I stayed with it and finally he agreed to have his portrait taken.

Chinese Dragon Jewelry

RP Birt — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 19:55:00 +0000

what i am loving about lightbox is how it scales… i think it is important for viewing on a notebook computer … especially the wide screen 13"-15" where the screen height in a browser can be very constricted… dragons…

Chinese Jewelry in Waiting

RP Birt — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:48:00 +0000

just the gang waiting around for their turn… while the boys are mugging the camera….