Photographing jewelry

Photographing my jewelry is one of my greatest ongoing challenges. Like many Etsy sellers, photography is not really my thing, but it’s a critical part of my selling process. My house is dark…

How to photograph jewelry that shines and receive eye-catching shots for your online shops.

Small and reflective, jewellery isn't always the easiest thing to photograph. But follow these simple tips from Catherine Hicks and you'll soon be taking product shots you can be proud of...

Take diamond photography professionally and easy with these 20 diamonds photography tips and tricks. How to make diamonds sparkle in photos?

Jewelry photography is a vexing issue for people who want good images of their work for show applications and their website but aren’t ready to hire a professional. There are plenty of good tutorials such as this one also about using natural light, or this one with many jewelry photography tips, not necessarily using natural light. I wanted to share my …

I am no expert on photography and photographing jewelry is not the easiest! Most earrings look best hanging but even though I like to use props like vases or jars to hang them from, they can be distracting for the first photo in my Etsy store. For that shot I like to have my earrings dangling from what seems to be nothing with a plain white background: I finally built a heavy duty earring hanger from shelf brackets, scrap wood and dental floss. I used to have fishing line attached to my…