Hi Artistafemme,
Do you have a gallery where I can see what you mean? I tried doing a search in the gallery here, but couldn't find you.
What kind of camera are you using, and are you using the flash?
(unfortunately, I'm firing in the dark til I see some of your piccies)

In the meantime, follow this link:

http://digital-photography-school.com/h … light-tent

or this one:

http://l00pback.wordpress.com/2007/12/0 … the-cheap/

They both show you very much the same thing - how to build an inexpensive light tent - and both can be made as big or as small as you need. You can get good results even with a point-and-shoot, just remember to turn off the camera flash, and set the colour balance to tungsten (or to whatever lights you're using) - all will become clear when you follow the links.

Hope this is of some help!

Zyggy

Hi Jacquie,
Just got your email and had a look at your gallery - very nice pieces!
You can achieve better photographic results by avoiding using the flash (I'm assuming it's a flash that's built into the camera?) so that you don't get the harse shadows that sit on the edges of your work. As Patraw said in his reply, natural lighting is best - take your sculptures out into the garden on a good clear day and take pictures there. Or if you're after a dramatic lighting effect, position your work indoors near a window so that directional natural light hits it from one side. And if you end up with very dark shadows that way, position a large piece of white card/paper/sheet on the opposite side of your sculpture to the window so that some of the light is bounced back into those shadows. And again like Patraw suggested, keep the area uncluttered so that you don't distract the viewer's eyes away from your sculpture.

Best thing is to just experiment, and have fun!

(I tried replying directly to your email, but the postmaster threw it back at me, so this post is a cut and paste of what I said there)

Good luck

Zyggy