How to shoot jewelry well

There are three key elements in the shooting of jewelry, jade and jade ornaments. There are three key elements to make the pictures of jewelry and jade ornaments beautiful and attractive.

1 is the background composition.

2, color balance (white balance)

3, clever use of light and exposure, clear picture.

If these three keys are done well, you can shoot beautifully, excellently and attractively.

Three points are explained in detail below:

One: Background composition

The composition background of jade crystal and other jewelry, different kinds of jewelry have different characteristics and needs, according to different characteristics, clever composition settings can reflect the beauty of jewelry itself.

For the shooting of jade articles, because most jade articles are cool colors such as green, white and cyan, we should consider the hue color of jewelry itself when shooting, and use colors with certain color contrast such as yellow and warm brown on the background to better reflect the cool color sense of jade articles. Jade itself has its cultural connotation and the particularity of ancient rhyme. Using wood or bamboo as the background can not only contrast with the cool color of jade in color, but also reflect the cultural charm of jade.

Jade itself is moist and delicate, and its texture is smooth. When choosing the background, if the texture of the background can be rougher, the beauty of jade texture can be more strongly set off. Some people say that it is a good choice to use parchment and bamboo slips, and even the texture of an old mat is very easy to use. You can skillfully use all kinds of sundries around you to try different feelings of shooting in different backgrounds.

When choosing the background, we should pay attention to the color contrast should not be too strong, and the color contrast with the jade itself should not be too big, which may easily lead to distortion. Especially for beginners, it is difficult to choose a background with too much contrast and the ideal of shooting, and it is best to avoid it as much as possible.

The depth of field of a camera lens plays an important role in composition. Clever use of the distance of depth of field can better highlight the theme and beautify the whole picture.

The shooting and composition background of crystal ornaments;

Crystal ornaments themselves are colorful and bright. In my opinion, what best reflects the aesthetic feeling of crystal is actually a white background or a simple black background, and the background of other colors is easy to disturb the color of the whole picture. It is not good to affect the theme expression.

A white background doesn't mean a blank sheet of paper. A white background with fine texture and good texture is more beautiful than a piece of pure white paper, and it can also enrich the picture. It doesn't affect the theme expression, and it won't be too monotonous. My own common background is my white silk vest. White pillow ... Wait. There are many white flocking fabrics that are good choices.

When choosing flannel background, remember to choose black gold velvet as the background as little as possible. There will be many exposed white spots in the photos on the golden velvet, which is very bad. Only in the indoor studio with strict lighting, it is best to avoid using it in general shooting.

Gems and diamonds inlaid jewelry shooting:

The inlaid jewelry of diamonds and gems is small and shiny, and the background effect of black leather is very good. The contrast is big, the luster is dazzling, and it is more attractive.

Of course, white background and rich scenery composition are not excluded. Especially in colored gems mosaic, the clever use of white and some embellishments, combined with the use of depth of field, will take very beautiful photos.

Two-color balance (white balance)

The embodiment of color is very important for jewelry and jade photography, sometimes the color is a little out of shape and completely distorted. The grasp of color balance is relatively simple, and the white balance of different brands of cameras is not the same. It is best to pay attention to choosing the right white balance when buying a camera.

Generally speaking, jewelry photography, choose automatic, manual prediction of white balance, daytime, these white balance methods are better.

Auto is a color mode in which the camera automatically adjusts the color balance.

Manual prediction of white balance is an exposure method of measuring independently and then setting color mode according to different shooting light conditions.

During the day, you usually choose to shoot during the day. The photos taken are brighter, warmer and more saturated than those taken automatically.

I am used to choosing automatic white balance mode.

When shooting, the camera often has a little color cast, and the color may not be 100% accurate. If you know a little photoshop drawing skills, you can post-process and correct colors and adjust more accurate colors.

However, the premise is to be as real as possible, and it is not recommended to deliberately use post-processing for the sake of good-looking pictures, so that the good-looking color cast is too distorted.

Three: Clever use of light and exposure, clear picture.

These are three questions, which are put together for the convenience of division.

Explain separately

1,

Use light skillfully to reflect the crystal texture.

Someone asked me why the same thing is sometimes so transparent and glassy, and sometimes it feels very opaque. It's all the same thing. Why is there such a big gap?

In fact, it is the relationship between light and the thing itself, as well as the shooting angle.

The best light source is natural light source. Any studio, shooting light source, is chasing the sun. Of course, shooting during the day is not necessarily good, and shooting in two time periods is ideal.

Wait at noon. The sun is shining directly overhead and the angle of light is straight down, so it is difficult to shoot the ideal.

The better shooting time is 9.30- 165438+ 0 am.

2: 00 p.m. to 4: 30 p.m.

(That is, the average time, the latitude and longitude and sunshine are different all over the country, so everyone treats them differently according to the situation of their own cities. )

At this time, when shooting, if the light source is at the outermost, making an included angle of several tens degrees with the object being photographed, and then the camera, the light will come from behind and pass through the object being photographed, and the shot will be very transparent and the crystal will feel good.

On the contrary, if the object is placed flat on the desktop and the camera lens is shot vertically, the effect is likely to be opaque.

Some people hold pendants, bracelets, etc. Between their fingers, so that light can pass through the object from outside the house, and the lens is in the room, in the darkest place. This effect is extremely transparent, that is, the projection relationship between light and objects is skillfully used.

Many times it is cloudy, or the shooting time can't accommodate the daytime, so it is necessary to shoot indoors. Indoor photography is a little more complicated than lighting. There must be at least two or three light sources to shoot beautifully and truly. And the technical difficulty of shooting is much higher, so I won't go into details here.

2,

Relationship between exposure and phase

People don't know the law of exposure,

Exposure stage: The higher the exposure, the less details will be displayed except the brighter the picture. The lower the exposure, the more details are displayed. I always set the exposure slightly lower when shooting, and brighten it later.

Everyone chooses the appropriate exposure according to their own camera situation, and looks for the appropriate exposure based on the principle of reflecting the texture of jewelry as carefully as possible.

3,

image resolution

The clarity of pictures is very important to reflect objects, especially the beautiful texture of jewelry itself. If the definition is not enough, many beautiful textures will be lost. I suggest you try to choose a camera with high pixels and good photos. When setting the image size, set it to the maximum value. When shooting, the file is very large. Move it into the computer and shrink it, and the picture will be clear. There are also some post-processing methods that can improve the clarity of pictures, and everyone can use them to improve the quality of pictures and reflect the beauty of jewelry texture more clearly and beautifully.

Many people can't hold the camera stably by pressing the shutter, and the tripod is very troublesome to use. Here I'll teach you a little trick. Find a small box with a big gap between length, width and height. It is best to use a colorless and transparent box (I bought a cotton swab box from the supermarket). The length of three sides of the box is different, which is equal to three tripods with different heights. It is enough to switch back and forth with the lens, and it is also convenient to change the side of the box from different angles. Pressing the shutter will not be empty, and the transformation is flexible, which is much better than a tripod.