[Jewelry making - Article 00209] - Re: [Orchid] Photographing Jewelry 101

[Helen Hill]

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>     I will try to make my point clearer this time. I am not arguing
>     that using photoshop is bad. 

    I think everyone understood your point the first time you made it,
    but we are simply in disagreement about whether or not photoshop
    should be used to represent a piece of jewellery. 

>     I you selling jewellery online, the picture that client sees is
>     the only representation of the item, even if the picture is not as
>     good as the actual item, still photoshopping image is
>     inappropriate. I was taught a long time ago that in our business it
>     is better to under-promise and over-deliver. 

    Well that's precisely why photoshop should be used if a piece of
    jewellery is to be sold online rather than in a bricks and mortar
    jewellery shop. It is THE only opportunity we have to get that
    customer to buy our pieces of jewellery. If we under-promise, we
    simply won't get the chance to over-deliver because they won't
    order! 

    We are all correct really. Those of us who want to correct errors in
    photography and represent the jewellery truly are correct and you,
    who won't use photoshop because you feel it could be used to
    misrepresent the jewellery to look better than it is, are also
    correct. 

    Use Photoshop to clean up specs of dust in the picture - YES 

    Use Photoshop to clean up flaws in a gem or flaws in polishing
    technique - NO NO 

    Use Photoshop to render an image with colours closer to reality -
    YES 

    Use Photoshop to make a 5 dollar emerald look like a 5K dollar
    emerald - NO NO 

    This is a debate that could go round and round in circles, but at
    the end of the day, we all want the same - to represent our jewellery
    to look as good as it does in reality. 

Helen
UK
http://www.hillsgems.co.uk
http://www.helensgems.etsy.com
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