"Crafts Reports" magazine has some good articles about photographing crafts
and jewelry at www.craftsreport.com


"MSteelman" wrote in message
...
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 you have a macro setting on your camera, then try using that. But you
still
can't get closer than a foot or so. Try lighting them from both sides with
flourescent lights and be sure to turn off your flash. I photograph mine
on
black velvet and, unless they are very dark pieces that looks really
classy. If
they ARE dark, I usually use an off-white sheet. Also, if you have a
scanner,
you can use that; it gets REALLY close up and in focus nicely. Just place
the
piece on the scanner glass (carefully) and place a black cloth over it.
You may
not be able to get the scanner lid closed all the way... that's what the
cloth
is for.

Good luck!



Thanks for Looking!

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is no
need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof." ~~ John Kenneth
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