Citizen watch shot: step-by-step jewelry photography tutorial

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Exploring a precise technique of working with the shooting cone.

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DIY lighting tent for glossy subject, top-down shots

Chrome brush tabletop studio photography by alex kolskov

Chrome brush tabletop studio photography

Recently we had a shoot for our long term client of ours, Anisa International. You already know what its for, right? Yep, chrome cosmetic brushes. This time the client wanted the brushes to be photographed directly from the top (top-down shot), which brought up an interesting challenge to me.

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Trash Can as a Tool for a Professional Photographer: The End Result all that Matters?

white reflection on watch glass added

I continue to explore new techniques that I can utilize in my photography, and this is a second article about my experience of a shooting cone. I’ve got some interesting feedback from my first post (Mastering Jewelry Photography) where I used a DIY shooting cone for jewelry shots. On one of the forums a

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Mastering jewelry photography: my experience with a shooting cone

jewelry photography with closed cone by atlanta photographer koloskov

Recently I played with the new (to me) thing: a lighting cone. In general, the idea of this light modifier is very similar to a shooting box (lighting tent) but have few very major advantages, especially if used to shoot jewelry. I personally do not like shooting tent (despite the fact I’ve used it recently)

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