I need advice on picture taking.

[innerkitten]

How do you take a good rung photo?

 

[innerkitten]

Oops . I'm sure you all knew I meant ring

 

[Jennifer5973]

Hi. The best close-up shots I have achieved (keep in mind I am no expert) was with the digital camera set on the macro mode (the little flower appears) through a 10X loupe. If not doing a close up, I find it helps to photograph the item either on your person or in a context of some sort vs all alone on a blank table or something--it seems as if it's harder for the camera to focus on the item when there is nothing else in the shot.

Hopefully, some who really knows what he/she is doing will respond to this...

 

[Nicrez]

First work with physically moving your camera back and forth to get the sharpest picture of a ring as you can. Next, use the macro buttons if you have them (look in your manual if you can find it). Try your zooms, both optical and digital. I suggest mostly optical, as it's always clearer. I have also used magnifying glasses (such as the I-Scope's magnifying cup) to further clarify the details of a ring...Oddly all those factors allowed me to even photograph engravings!!! And I have an old crappy Canon Digital Elph S200. Not quite the macro photography poster child camera...But look how clear it comes out!

Also, diamonds and most colored stones look best in black velvet backdrops i noticed, as I can see that any light short of a florescent light will give you a bizarre yellowish color or some other color, so white paper doesn't always work with incandescent lights or non-florescents...Someone had once posted that a taco warmer made of white foam makes the best white background, but I'll have to search that string. I think that's more for the jewelry PROS who do it so much, (or obsessed folks like me) If you haveanything black or especially a brushed clean velvet anything, use that as a good backdrop!!! Good luck!