[Jewelry making - Article 00673] - Re: [Orchid] Photographing Jewelry 101

[Rita M]

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    I also purchased the jewelery photography kit. It's pricey... but
    found it handy for several reasons.. 

    - lightbulbs burn cool 

    - draw low power (I live in an old appartment) 

    - very portable and easy to pack up and put away 

    - large enough for stands, props etc. 

    The one thing that I find makes a HUGE difference is Photoshop. I
    wait until dark, so I have constant lighting conditions. Turn off
    everything except the photography lights, colour balance the camera,
    then take the picture. I use a white background, so in photoshop I
    tell the program that "yes the background is supposed to be white",
    then it magically fixes the colours and brightness levels of the
    whole photo to match. 

    God knows it's not professional... but good enough to attract
    attention, and hey even my first sale! 

    Sterling/gold does look AMAZING on graduated backgrounds, but I
    imagine you could do similar things to get the colours and
    brightness levels work out properly. 

    One thing I'd love to see more of is short courses in "product
    photography" for the web. Yes a professional photographer is
    indispensible for things like Jury Show shots... but far too
    expensive for photographing $30 trinkets to sell on the Internet. 

Rita, Vancouver, BC
FirelilyJewelryGems.etsy.com
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