I'm trying to create nice pics. It was taken outsde on a cloudy day. The flower is from my garden,the background is scrapbook paper. What do you think about this one ? I appreciate any comment, Thank you. .

The necklace is very pretty.  What kind of glass beads did you use?  As far as the photo, I think it makes the piece look a little washed out.  I don't know if it's the background, or the fact that it was taken on a cloudy day.  Do you have a light box, which may help bring out the brighter colors of the necklace?  Alice

I agree with you 100%, it's both ( background & the fact that it was on a cloudy day). What kind of light box would you say works the best. The beads are 6mm. czechs. thank you, have a wonderful evening

My lightbox is just a cheap frosted plastic storage container from Walmart, along with three lights and a piece of white card stock to sit the piece on.  I take the photos inside so I don't have to mess with shadows.  Alice

Alicia,

   Beautiful necklace. A light box or darker background would help show off the colors more. Joanie

Joanie I'm glad you like my necklace.I went out today and got everything I need for my light box. I'll be working on this during the weekend. ( Can't wait to see how they come out) Thank you, Alicia

I'm not sure that a light box will solve all the problems.  You also need some light sources from above to add sparkle to your pieces.  Add some highlights.  I bought some cheap photo reflectors w/ clamps attached at my local Lowe's/Home Depot.  Then I used daylight or full spectrum light bulbs to keep the colors true.

OK, now I'm gonna give you some advice as a photographer & AV person.  Please don't be offended.  Using the flower makes a nice "glamour" shot & catches attention, but it distracts the eye away from the main event -- your necklace.  I like the subtle scrapbook paper for background detail, but the flower is kind of overpowering your piece b/c it's so much bigger than the scale of the necklace.  My advice is to stay w/ your main focus [your jewelry] & leave the magazine shots to the pros.  Believe me, they have lots of tricks that you'll never get around to nor do you need to.  Even if you're taking pix for a juried show, they really want to see your work & your craftsmanship up close.

Soooo, I hope this is taken in the spirit it was intended -- to be helpful, not critical.  And good luck w/ your photo set up.

sher

Like I said before I'm new at all this. I was just trying to get a nice picture. Not sure if I wanted the necklace to be the focus . I taught that all together it looked nice. I  understand that the flower,light & background we're not the best. It was never my intention to try and take a magazine shot like a Pro. I do jewelry for fun (it's one of my many hobbies). Thank you sooo much for your advice . God bless you

 

I set this same picture as wallpaper on my moniter and It looks beautiful,not to mention a lot brighter

 

 

Like I said before I'm new at all this. I was just trying to get a nice picture. Not sure if I wanted the necklace to be the focus . I taught that all together it looked nice. I  understand that the flower,light & background we're not the best. It was never my intention to try and take a magazine shot like a Pro. I do jewelry for fun (it's one of my many hobbies). Thank you sooo much for your advice . God bless you

 

I set this same picture as wallpaper on my moniter and It looks beautiful,not to mention a lot brighter

 

 

 I like the necklace and the setting you placed it in. I would be interested in seeing a re-shoot of the picture after you had the light box... Pretty necklace in any lighting though!

 

lovely piece

This picture is absolutely beautiful, the jewelry is too. Keep up the good work.

That is really pretty necklace and I love the flower ... Great Work!!!!

I'm not an expert, but I really liked the picture.  I thought the flower complemented the necklace.  I thought it was one of the best jewelry satging pictures I've seen so far and I've been slowly working my way through all of them.  I like the idea of using props when I photograph my jewelry.  I say, let your creative juices flow.

Laura Z.

I meant to say "staging".  I hate when I do that.  (Ha!Ha!)

Put the flower and the necklace together is good. If you put the flower's color in white not in red, i thought the photo would be perfect. Tracy —— Shinygemstone.com