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Our studio was selected to photograph the full collection, and I’ll show you some of the photographs we got along with the lighting setups. We worked on an extremely tight schedule: I was shooting 10-12 hours every day for 3 days, with day and night post-production for 5 more days. Obviously, there was no time to do any behind the scene video or to shoot intermediate lighting setup builds. However, I’ve got some of the actual lighting setups <\/strong>photographed and will be glad to share them with you.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n All the pieces were photographed on a white background<\/strong>, that was the requirement from the client, and this is how all the retouched photography was delivered. However, for the portfolio we have created more creative backgrounds for each of the selected shots.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Must say that there were all kinds of different jewelry items in Elizabeth’s collection: rings, earrings, necklaces, bracelets, broaches and pedants. I was dealing with huge 4 karat diamonds, glossy platinum, matte gold, all the variety of different types and finishes. It would be a heaven for a jewelry photographer, if not the toughest schedule I ever had :-). <\/p>\n Few more masterpieces, before we\u2019ll go technical:<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image _builder_version=”3.19.1″ src=”https:\/\/www.photigy.com\/school\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/2-146.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”on” align=”center” \/][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.19.1″]<\/p>\n Atlanta photographer jewelry diamond earrings<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image _builder_version=”3.19.1″ src=”https:\/\/www.photigy.com\/school\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/3-135.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”on” align=”center” \/][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.19.1″]<\/p>\n jewelry photography example: golden ring<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Now I am not sure what lighting setup was exactly used for each particular shot, but at least you’ll get some of the ideas of how Plexiglas,\u00a0 foam-board core, paper and other materials can be used to build the lighting.<\/p>\n We have posted a post-production before and after images, I know you’d love to check it out: “A” shaped cover for the white shooting table, made from the framed\u00a0 thin white plastic. Below is right side of the setup:<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image _builder_version=”3.19.1″ src=”https:\/\/www.photigy.com\/school\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/4-121.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”on” align=”center” \/][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.19.1″]<\/p>\n Atlanta photographer jewelry lighting setup, right view<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Left side of the same lighting setup:<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image _builder_version=”3.19.1″ src=”https:\/\/www.photigy.com\/school\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/5-106.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”on” align=”center” \/][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.19.1″]<\/p>\n Ideas for jewelry lighting setup: left side<\/p>\n <\/p>\n As you see, I\u00a0was using 4 snooted (10\u00ba-20\u00ba honeycomb grids) lights to make bright spots on the diffusers where they were needed. It was necessary for a gradient reflection on a glossy subject’s surface.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image _builder_version=”3.19.1″ src=”https:\/\/www.photigy.com\/school\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/6-102.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”on” align=”center” \/][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.19.1″]<\/p>\n Lighting for jewelry using flags and foil reflectors<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Similar idea, but I’ve used foam board core to build a “roof” on top of the table. Also, note the little silver reflectors “injected” into a shooting area: silver foil was needed to ignite a sparks on the diamonds.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Yes, this is I remember for sure:-)<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image _builder_version=”3.19.1″ src=”https:\/\/www.photigy.com\/school\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/9.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”on” align=”center” \/][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.19.1″]<\/p>\n Jewelry photography lighting: earrings<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Earrings were hanged vertically right in front of the white cardboard, placed at the end of that \u201ctunnel\u201d. The camera was placed directly from the front, and it was easy to create isolated spots on a long diffusers on all three sides of the \u201cshooting box\u201d. To make it more understandable, here is the back view:<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image _builder_version=”3.19.1″ src=”https:\/\/www.photigy.com\/school\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/10.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”on” align=”center” \/][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.19.1″]<\/p>\n Jewelry photography how to lighting setup rear view<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Piece of vertical cardboard and Delta Dual Arm<\/a> was used to hold the earrings in\u00a0place.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n OK, hope it was inspiring enough:-) Now stop complaining\u00a0that you do not have\u00a0 money for “pro-grade” (BTW, what is that?)\u00a0 light modifiers, get up and go to a nearest craft\u00a0 store\u00a0 like\u00a0 Hobby-Lobby<\/a> or Joan’s<\/a> and buy whatever you want.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n One more tip I’d like to mention: From now, we would never work with non-cleaned jewelry (unless it is brand-new). If jewelry was worn, always ask client to do a professional jewelry cleaning first. You’ll save a good amount of your nerve cells and money during retouching \ud83d\ude42 Also, even cleaned worn jewelry will require 3-5 times longer in\u00a0post production than a brand new. Next time I’ll keep it in mind when providing the quote for a jewelry photography.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Hope it was interesting. If you like what I do, if you think that things I share can be useful for other photographers, please help me spread the word.\u00a0Thank you!<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.19.1″]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
\nI had to build so many completely different lighting setups that I’ve never had build for a single photo session.<\/p>\n
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\nJewelry photography retouching: Before and After.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n
\nFirst example of the lighting for jewelry:<\/h2>\n
Similar idea of the jewelry lighting setup below:<\/h2>\n
The lighting setup below was used for the earrings:<\/h2>\n
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