[Jewelry making - Article 00045] - Re: [Orchid] Photographing Jewelry 101

[Beth Wicker]

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>     Try to add an explanation to your pictures that they were
>     photoshopped not to misrepresent, but simply to make up for the
>     camera deficiencies and see how many orders you get. My guess is
>     not to many. We required to disclose gem treatments, by the same
>     token should we disclose picture treatments? 

    I would beg to disagree, as the whole point of the picture is to
    accurately represent the work. If the original photograph does NOT
    do that, then using that photograph is the misrepresentation; not
    used the "corrected" photograph. If you have ever bought anything
    from a printed catalog, or internet site, you have purchased based on
    a picture that has been edited to correctly represent the item being
    sold. This is not only standard business practice, but GOOD business
    practice. Using an uncorrected photograph to sell something, just to
    be using an uncorrected photograph, misses the entire point of
    having the photograph accurately represent the item. IF you have the
    good fortune to have an item that is easy to photograph, and get an
    accurate representation in your original image, then using that does
    make sense. In product photography that rarely happens. 

    This is not just a digital issue - years ago when I did museum
    photography it was expected that we would engage in darkroom
    manipulations (equivalent to photoshopping for the times) to ensure
    that the print accurately represented the art work, as the negative
    rarely did on its own. 

    Beth in SC who misses the fully equipped museum photography studio ;)
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