wrote:
What is a good way of taking jewelry pictures with a digital camera? I can't
seem to get them "nice" enough. I am really picky )
My apartment has very bad light so I have been taking the pieces outside and
photographing them on a white sheet of paper. It works better than my older
pictures, which were very dark.
Any advice would be appreciated.

Thank you!


If funds are limited, taking pics
outside is not a bad idea. Choosing an
overcast day will soften shadows. You
may have to adjust the white balance.

On a brighter day,
you can use a couple of the large
disposable polyethylene bowls, stacked
together and held over the piece to
help soften the shadows. Total cost,
about $3 US. (You can also cut a hole
in the bowls anywhere you want to make
an opening for the lens.)

Also see
http://www.mbstevens.com/camera.html

or, if more funds are available,
http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_se...ult/index.html
......these people really have it down to
a science.