How would i go about enhancing these photos to make the jewellery look more enticing?

27 Feb 2010

27 Feb, 2010 photo jewelry making

i’ve taken these photographs of a necklaces and two earrings.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/daimingsphotos/4283294945/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/daimingsphotos/4283294985/

to me they look a bit bland. how should i go about editting them in photoshop to make them pop and look enticing?

I would honestly recommend starting over and photographing them on a neutral background, setting them up in a more logical direction, unless they are intended to be lopsided pieces. If you can’t reshoot them, try editing them out of the existing background and placing them on a neutral background that allows the pieces to stand out on their own.

Use the directional light tool to add some color interest.

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CaliSue
2010 Feb 27 1

Take new photos without all the background crap. Put the jewelry up against a plain black background & it’ll look much better.
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KoAussie
2010 Feb 27 2

I would honestly recommend starting over and photographing them on a neutral background, setting them up in a more logical direction, unless they are intended to be lopsided pieces. If you can’t reshoot them, try editing them out of the existing background and placing them on a neutral background that allows the pieces to stand out on their own.

Use the directional light tool to add some color interest.
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fhotoace
2010 Feb 27 3

Yikes. There is far too much distraction in the background.

What you need is a light tent and a black background to show off the jewelry.

http://www.obnphoto.com/items/lighttent/30in_light_tent.html
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Perki88
2010 Feb 27 4

Select just the jewelry, put it on a separate layer. Give it a high pass filter of 6 and make that layer style an overlay. It will pop.
http://it.tinypic.com/r/2vb5stk/6
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Richard's Photography
2010 Feb 27 5

I would start over and use a solid white background and have the main light 2 stops more than the fill light so you will cause a shadow underneath to create a 3D effect giving separation from the background.

Set the main light at an angle or 2:00 from the subject and the fill light at 9:00.
Hope this helps you.
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Professional Photographer 18 Years.

http://www.richardsphotography.com
sarah b
2010 Feb 27 6

the backgrounds look very amateur. if you are using props, you must be very selective. spend some time looking at jewelry books, there are so many that will give you ideas.
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