[Jewelry making - Article 00161] - Re: [Orchid] Photoshopping Diamonds

[Pam Chott]

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Hi David.

    Please understand that this suggestion is made from a position of
    vast inexperience but it seems that it might be helpful.  

    Given that you would like to reveal the effect the diamond and its
    cutting have on light, it seems that introducing a nice, controlled
    light source would help. 

    I know one photographer who when shooting glass beads wanted enough
    (controlled) reflection that the viewer could "read" that surface as
    glass.  He used a pinpoint light (flexible fiber optic, I believe)
    focused on the surface at an appropriate angle to render the
    reflection without disrupting the other requirements of the shot. 

    I'm sure that the set-up and angles are more complex than the
    wording above might suggest.  <BG> 

    The photographer is Jeff Scovil who is the author of "Photographing
    Minerals, Fossils, & Lapidary Materials".  I have used his services
    for jewelry images but have not read his book. 

Pam Chott
www.songofthephoenix.com

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