Jewelry Photo

Jewelry, whether a ring or a wristwatch, introduces unique photographic challenges. It's small, requiring careful focus and composition, and it's usually shiny, requiring attention to detail in lighting. In this course, photographer Konrad Eek details the creative and technical decisions involved in making jewelry look its best. The course begins with an overview of backgrounds and lighting techniques, including details on how to build an inexpensive chamber that creates beautiful, diffused light.

With precise instructions and vivid, four-color photographs, Ayako Brodek shows readers how to create 40 elegant and unusual pieces of jewelry. Each project includes a list of materials, illustrated step-by-step folding and finishing instructions, a beautiful photo of the completed piece, and suggested color variations, paper designs and embellishments to make each piece exciting and unique.

Jim Lawson considers himself more a jewelry photographer than a retoucher, but Photoshop's masking and layers are an essential part of his striking cover photos. Jim photographs jewelry with several different lightings, then combines the best of each to highlight the unique beauty of the handcrafted pieces he's made his specialty.

How would you like to learn to take beautiful photos of your small products, whether you are selling your own products on your own website or small products or jewelry on eBay. I'll show you several lighting methods and techniques you can use with your iPhone, iPod or similar device, a point & shoot camera or a digital SLR., plus I'll even show you the secret accessory and methods that magically create a professional looking photo in seconds.