I have had trouble photographing beads, I thought I got this cracked in the summer but now it's deepest winter, there just isn't enough light in the house near the window. The shutter speed is too low for hand held when I'm on arperture priority and in macro mode. This wasn't a problem in the summer but even on bright days, it's not working out for me. It's too cold to take photographs outside which is how I got round dull days in the summer so I've had to improvise with DH's lightbox which he uses to examine transparencies.

They have come out a bit shadowy, but you can see enough I think. Here are my favourites from four mornings at the torch.

I didn't manage any more than four mornings because it has been soooo cold in the studio, I could see my breath! Even though I wrapped up warm and I don't feel the cold on my top half due to proximity to the torch and kiln, the bottom half of me gets very cold. I can generally ignore it when I'm engrossed in beamaking but it takes ages to thaw out my feet when I get back in the warm of the house!

I will definitely be making more of all these beads and turning them into jewellery this coming week.