Happy End (Competition) Surprise photographer.

I talked about my problem at Tel Aviv University, where I was working at the time. And my coworker Ira said that her daughter Marina was seriously into photography.

"Well, ask her if she's interested in the job," I said to Ira, but without much hope. If experienced photographers thought it should be handled by an expert on jewelry shots, what could a girl without experience do?

Marina looked at the handbag, and then looked at my photos. She promptly rejected me as a model.
   "Wrong age, wrong complexion," she said confidently. "Try to think of 
    someone else who could model it."
I started to scroll through names in my head.... Who among my relatives or young friends could be a model...? Then I had it – Judith!
"Marina, let's try my niece. She lives in the same city, which makes things even easier. And it means you need only me to arrange it for you."
On the agreed day, we gathered at Marina’s house. At the last minute, Judith found a suitable dress. We made several hundred pictures, and then we chose from them.
One week before the deadline of the competition, the photos were ready. And then it was necessary to make prints. Three days prior to the deadline, I sent all the documents by EMS (urgent) mail.
In two weeks, I received an answer. At an international competition of the best designers in the world, my handbag had taken Second Place!!
I was walking on air! But I was not surprised. Strange, but all the time I had known
I would do it.

All the story read here
Making Jewelry (Competition)
Taking Shape
One month to go
 

 

One month to go (Competition)

Now it was necessary to make quality photos, because it was a virtual competition. The conditions of the competition included two photos: one of the handbag by itself, and another of it on a model. Who should I find to model it? I thought: why not be the model myself?

I made preliminary photos of myself with this handbag. Not bad, I thought, looking at them. But it needed a professional touch.

Some photographers who I contacted admitted that photographing jewelry was not their speciality. Others suggested taking the product to their studio, to make hundreds of pictures, but without me. What if I didn't like the photos? I wanted to participate in the process of photographing.

Time was running out - only 2 weeks were left before I had to supply the documents and photos, and I still hadn't found anyone.

Taking shape

I began to draw sketches. It was necessary to think about all the links, a fastener, a strap, stones. And no less easy, I needed to make models.

When I began this project, I had a year for its creation before I had to present it in the competition, which was a good thing. It's impossible - and forbidden - to rush things like this.

My desire to capture a prize was huge. Maybe that's why it was so difficult to settle on the design.

Doubts, indecision... each one seemed not quite right. Eventually I returned to the first idea: an upper section shaped like a flower, with a triangular bottom. After making it all out of brass, I bought the silver. At that point I barred myself from further indecision.

One month before the deadline for submitting the work, the handbag was ready.