Saturday, March 20, 2010

Product Photos

Most people have no idea what you have to go through to make good jewelry photos for online selling. You have to have the right lighting, a camera that can macro, grey/blue/red backdrop, and photoshop skills. Even when it all goes well, each pic takes from 15-30 minutes a pop.

Sherri says, "They don't have to be perfect."

To which I reply, "Trust me, these are nothing close."

My digital prepress teacher would kick my butt and fail me if I turned these things in to her... but they're good enough for web.

"perfect" is subjective to your point of view -- I just happen to come from a much higher graphics elevation.