More About Jewellery Photography. To read more about our new innovative Riser Platform System with interchangeable, reversible Tablets, giving a choice of surfaces for special effects click here Adding Stars to Jewellery Images Another way to add special effects is in post photography production.
Our EZStar Software CD is a fast and EZ way to add glamour to your images in post production. This effect is often seen in printed, television or online ads for luxury items like cars, jewellery and other precious objects. How to Photograph Jewellery - Tips and Advice. If you follow us on Facebook you may already have been lucky enough to read Anna Berry’s advice on how to photograph your jewellery.
I’ve caught up with jewellery designer and photographer Anna to make sure we can share her handy guide with all of you. Read on to see how you can take fantastic jewellery photos. Anna Berry “When photographing jewellery, you don’t need a fancy camera or equipment to take good photos. My camera is a relatively old compact, digital zoom. I find that many people have problems getting their camera to focus on close up subjects like jewellery. Ready for the close up?
To focus on your jewellery use the macro setting. Blue Heart Bracelet (made and photographed by Anna) Set the stage – Lighting Now here’s my simple rule….. When photographing such a close up subject the flash will produce glare, washed out colours and dark shadows. Carnelian & Coral Necklace (made & photographed by Anna) Time for a touch up – Editing Windows photo gallery is much improved in 7.
Jewelry photography tips - how to take pictures of jewelry. Taking good quality pictures of jewelry for most is an unsolved mystery.
However, there are some simple techniques used by the professional, which even amateur photographers can use to obtain dramatic results with minimal effort. The following examples show the basic setup that should allow anyone to achieve results they can be proud of. These images were all taken using a Canon Digital Rebel camera with a 100MM lens. The basic setup we used included an EZcube light tent to soften the shadows and eliminate glare, while providing a clean and clutter free background.
We used TabletopStudio lights as the primary light source, equipped with true color daylight balanced compact fluorescent bulbs. The keys to good jewelry photography are sharpness, lighting, exposure, and in the case of gemstone photography, creating some sparkle. Jewelry Photography Tips - How to photograph Jewelry. As you may know, jewelry is one of the hardest products to photograph because of the nature of it's components.
The metals, precious stones, diamonds and other elements that most fine jewelry is made up of, have reflective qualities that can easily show reflections, shadows and hard spots in photographs if the right tools are not used Therefore, understanding the nature of jewelry and obtaining the right tools for photographing it is essential for producing high quality jewelry photographs.
In our opinion, here are the six most important elements in jewelry photography: 1. Continuous Natural Daylight Lighting Jewelry is very difficult to photograph because it’s shiny highly polished surface reflects, in many cases, up to 99% of the light it receives. Remember: all of our photography lighting systems contain continuous fluorescent lighting in at least the bottom/platform, right and left panels of the box. 2. 3. A key element of successful product photography is white balance. 4. 5. 6. Macro Photography Tips for Point and Shoot Digital Cameras. A Post By: Darren Rowse Much has been written on the topic of Macro photography for those photographers fortunate enough to own a DSLR with macro lenses – but what about if you own a compact point and shoot camera?
Can you get great macro shots too? While the results achievable with a point and shoot camera in macro mode probably won’t compare with a DSLR with a purpose built macro lens I’ve still seen some remarkably good shots with compact cameras (all three shots in this post were taken with compact cameras). Here are a few tips to help you get the most out of yours: Get free tips like this each week via our email newsletter Select Macro Mode – this is a fairly obvious first step but I’m always surprised by how many digital camera owners haven’t explored the shooting modes that their camera has.
Tips for Photographing Jewelry. Light Box for Photographing Jewelry. Digital Photography Buying Guide. What you need for Successful Macro Photography Whatever you decide to do in life, you're going to be faced with choices.
But once you've decided what to do, you'll need to choose the best way to do it! When it comes to photography in general and macro photography in particular, you need to have the right gear and equipment to enable you to tackle the task at hand. This relates more specifically to cameras and lenses, although you should consider buying a decent camera bag and a tripod.
Macro lenses in general are designed to bring tiny little things into view so that you can uncover detail that we can't even see when we look at these things. The best cameras and lenses for successful macro photography There are lots of cameras out there that you can use to take great macro shots. Canon digital SLR cameras Canon has a comprehensive range of digital SLR cameras in their EOS range. Nikon macro lenses Nikkor is the brand name for the lenses made by Nikon. Photographers Forum - photographing jewellery. This is the archive of the original Photographers.co.uk Forum.
Click here to visit the New Upgraded Forum Thread Title: photographing jewellery Added by Rennie on 10/Nov/04 at 11:42:12 Hi, I am a complete novice but now need to get geared up to take pictures of earrings for my online store. I''m looking at the Nikon 8700 for it''s macro abilities but would love your advice before I commit myself. I also would like some advice on a small light box/studio. I have seen this on Ebay and wondered if this would be good enough. Complain about this post Replies Added by snapzz on 10/Nov/04 at 12:39:45 Before you commit yourself to the Nikon take a look at the Fuji S7000.