Product Photography How To Guide
comprehensive information on product photography by subject

• The best lighting for jewelry photography
• How do you get a white background?
• How do you add sparkle to diamonds?
• The best camera for jewelry photography
• How do you hang earrings for a photo?
• How do you take pictures of pearls?
• How do you create a soft reflection?
• Create a dramatic reflection on black glass
• Jewelry photography workshops & classes
• Basic Jewelry Photography tools
• Additional lighting choices for jewelry
• Hanging earrings motion free
• How do I suspend my earring in mid-air?
• How to handle highly reflective jewelry
• What is a simple way to hang a necklace?
• "Freeze Frame" jewelry photography kit
• Why do professionals use black glass?
• How do I create a halo effect?
• Working with an "Open Set"
• Jewelry Photography classes & Workshops
• "Black Ice" jewelry photography tools

• Lighting crystal jewelry
• Photographing Aurora Borealis
• The "magic" of using "invisible thread"
• Hanging earrings using "invisible thread"
• How do you keep earrings from moving?
• Hanging techniques for ornaments
• Swarovski crystal photography tools

• Photographing clothing on a fashion model
• Lighting for photographing folded clothing
• Styling tips for clothing photography
• Using strobes to photograph a model
• Steaming the wrinkles out of apparel
• Connecting your camera to your computer
• Use a mannequin for clothing photography
• Clothing & fashion photography tools

• Under lighting techniques for glass
• Graduated backgrounds
• Light & dark colored fields
• Create a "glowing" effect by underlighting
• Glass photography tools

• How do you control reflections and glare?
• How to make silver appear "shiny'
• Avoid adding your own reflection
• Photographing groups of reflective items
• Gallery of example silver images
• Silver photography tools

• How to capture the "shine" of your beads
• Under light translucent beads
• Stand up tall focal beads using "prop wax"
• How to get a white background
• Advanced bead photography techniques
• Bead photography tools

• What kind of lighting should I use?
• How do I get a pure white background?
• How to compose your photo
• Can I use the sun for lighting?...yes
• Gallery of floral images
• Floral photography tools

• The best lighting for coin photography
• How do I eliminate shadows?
• Use daylight color bulbs
• How to get a white background
• Gallery of example coin images
• Coin photography tools

• A white turntable makes it easy
• Make any small product spin 360 degrees
• A spinning example in EBAY
• Save as an animated .gif or flash
• View step-by-step video
• Rotating object turntable