4 Tips on Photographing Jewelery

Jewelery is usually photographed on a table top. If you are taking pictures of jewelery here are 4 tips you can use.


1. Use more than one light source. If you have only one main light (the on-camera flash, for example) set up reflectors to kick some light into the places the flash doesn't reach. Few things make a photo look worse than a single direct light source, especially one that comes from near
the lens axis (think about mug shots and driver's license photos).

2. Keep your backgrounds simple. You don't want the background to compete with the subject. You can't go wrong with a plain background, but you could easily go wrong with a busy one.

3. Fill the frame (the camera's viewfinder, the part you look through) with the subject before snapping the shutter.

4. Put your object on a nice background surface. Zoom out at least half-way so that you will be working about a foot away from the object. Be sure that you get focus confirmation. Shoot a picture USING flash. Check the LCD for the result. If you have overexposed the object, use the EV adjustment to reduce the exposure. For small items, you to reduce the exposure by about 1.0 EV.



Check on the LCD how the picture has turned out. Take lots of pictures and make a note of the settings for each. Then check to see which one worked to give you the best result for the equipment you used.

Websites
Cuisine Cuisine.com, LLC
Food is Culture . . . Culture is Food !
Elegantly Expressed Gift Baskets
Memorable Gifts . . . Lasting Impressions !

Blogs
Musings About People, Places & Things Intriguing
CuisineCuisine.com's BlogoRama
Life In Digital Pixels
Career Tips N Tricks
The Gift Gazette

Shops
Bazaar! Bazaar! Indian Gift Shop
Indian Gift Baskets, Indian Cookbooks & Indian Spices