If you have rings you haven’t taken off in a while, you may notice they’ve lost their sparkle. Soap, lotion,... 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
Second in a series on DIY tips from jewelry artists for shooting your own jewelry Like Hilary Hachey, jewelry artist... 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
When you examine a piece of jewelry through a loupe, are you seeing everything there is to see? A seasoned expert offers tips for mastering this tricky but incredibly useful little gadget. Read More
If your jewelry is stolen, ordinary insurance will only cover so much. So I asked collector and jewelry/gem expert Antoinette Matlins what she recommends - and learned all kinds of useful things. Read More
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
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
As jewelry models go, no one is more available than you. Ask anyone who posts jewelry regularly on Instagram. Most... Read More
You may be surprised who pulls out the skull rings and cross pendants on weekends. Seems everybody wants to be a rock star. Just ask Gerard Marti, owner of Célèbrités galleries in Maui. His customers include Steven Tyler, Tommy Lee and Paris Hilton, as well as the co-founder of MySpace. 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
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
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
Learn what to look for in terms of color and cut, but don't expect to tell a synthetic from a real stone - and forget trying to identify something based on a digital photo. "If something looks too good to be true," Christie Romero warns, "it probably is." Read More
How do you know the jewelry you're buying was made without harming people or planet? Ask the right questions. Read More