A good model shot can mean a sale. A really good one can lead to multiple sales. Just ask Alysia Sánchez Melnikov whose Etsy shop took off after she started posting photos of herself modeling her jewelry - with some help from her husband and business partner. Read More
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Second in a series on DIY tips from jewelry artists for shooting your own jewelry Like Hilary Hachey, jewelry artist... Read More
Last week, some of my favorite jewelry photographers shared their tips for how to shoot jewelry. Now let's look at one of the trickier aspects: photographing gemstones. Read More
Earliest use of photos in jewelry were locket-style portraits, an extension of the painted miniatures people were wearing by the... Read More
Sky and water often come up in discussions of blue. Topaz, boulder opal, and chrysocolla are the Mediterranean through a... Read More
Buying jewelry online has always had one major drawback: you can’t try it on. If you’re selling this way, it... Read More
Selling jewelry online requires compelling digital images, and lots of them. If you have the time and money, you can hire a professional product photographer to shoot your jewelry - or you can do it yourself. More and more jewelry artists are learning to do just that. A few are really good at it. Read More
If you deal with jewelry, you probably tried to photograph it at some point - and came away with a new appreciation for those glossy images in magazines. How do the pros do it? Three top jewelry photographers share their secrets. Read More
As jewelry models go, no one is more available than you. Ask anyone who posts jewelry regularly on Instagram. Most... Read More
Many jewelers are no more certain than the rest of us exactly why they resonate with the blue-green of chrysocolla... Read More
When you have to produce new jewelry images every week, as many sucessful Etsy shop owners do, it helps to have nature working for you. Sheila Arguello Slick's backdrop is the tropical paradise in her own backyard. Read More
For every hour they spend shooting a jewel, pro photographers spend another hour tweaking it on the computer. Welcome to the age of digital retouching. Good news: Photoshop isn't as tricky as it looks and the pros are sharing their secrets. Read More
For the last post in this model photography series, I’m turning my unforgiving lens on my own middle-aged self (gulp).... Read More
How can you predict what people want to buy before they buy it? Look at what they’re pinning. Pinboards have... Read More
Paula Crevoshay has always designed around stones, and she’s never been one to shy away from a bold interplay of... Read More