How to shoot all silver jewelry

[smokinphoto]

Black boards in the background will definitely make the silver appear more brighter.
Go for that!

 

[LearnMyShot]

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[925silver4u]

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[Bynx]

Treat the silver piece as an HDR subject. Go way underexposed 8 or 9 fstops and work up.

 

[BKMOOD]

Read "Light: Science and Magic: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting." There's an entire chapter on how to shoot metal and other shiny things.

 

[epatsellis]

Throw the darn tent away, read LS&M and start with a lens at least 2-3X normal f.l. (after reading about family of angles and how they relate to reflections).

For jewelry and other reflective objects, I prefer a more thoughtful approach, slowly building highlights using fill cards, then black cards to emphasis form and shape.

 

[Christie Photo]

Throw the darn tent away, read LS&M and start with a lens at least 2-3X normal f.l. (after reading about family of angles and how they relate to reflections).

For jewelry and other reflective objects, I prefer a more thoughtful approach, slowly building highlights using fill cards, then black cards to emphasis form and shape.

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I couldn't agree more.

-Pete

 

[Forkie]

Pete, that dulling spray looks pretty interesting do you have much experience with it? I am mainly wondering how easy it is to clean off as most of what i am shooting are products that my wife will be selling as well.

I use it now and again in my job. I find it works wonders for removing bright reflections and hot spots, but can sometimes dull the product to the point of simply not being shiny any more.

EDIT: Posted this before noticing there was a whole other page of replies. Oh well.

 

[spacefuzz]

where is bitter on this?

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

Why? The OP is gone. The best answer has already been given. This thread is now spammer heaven...notice all the links to silver jewelery?

 

[Overread]

*thread locked because its just attracting spam now*