Blur
Why is it that whenever someone tries to take an amature picture of their own hand with their own engagement ring on their own finger it is all blurry?
What is it about diamond rings that make such a blurry picture? I may have to do a little research.
Should you get engaged and want to take a good quality picture of your ring on your pretty little hand without hiring a professional, here are some tips to follow:
1) Sharp and Crisp focus. Your best bet is a camera with good manual focusing capability. If you can't do that see if your manual tells you how to use "spot focus" mode.
2) Use a tripod. Your hands don't hold good and still like a tripod will so your picture is going to end up with a slight blur, even if you get all the other steps right, just because your gonna shake a little.
3) Lighting. Turn off your camera's flash because it's just not going to help. A flash on your camera is in the wrong place and will cause the light to reflect off the ring and you'll have a very shiny picture. So instead place your ring near a soft light to photograph it.
4) Use the proper exposure. Most cameras have a setting labeled Exposure Value. You can use the EV setting to lighten or darken your exposure. A good place to start is +1 and if it's too high the image will be washed out and you go down from there and vise versa.
Where did I find this fabulous wealth of knowledge? Table Top Studio
They have some really great tips for product photography as well as information on photographing jewelry so that it looks professional. So any of you engaged folks that want to photograph your ring so it looks like this
Rather than this
Give these tips a try.
What is it about diamond rings that make such a blurry picture? I may have to do a little research.
Should you get engaged and want to take a good quality picture of your ring on your pretty little hand without hiring a professional, here are some tips to follow:
1) Sharp and Crisp focus. Your best bet is a camera with good manual focusing capability. If you can't do that see if your manual tells you how to use "spot focus" mode.
2) Use a tripod. Your hands don't hold good and still like a tripod will so your picture is going to end up with a slight blur, even if you get all the other steps right, just because your gonna shake a little.
3) Lighting. Turn off your camera's flash because it's just not going to help. A flash on your camera is in the wrong place and will cause the light to reflect off the ring and you'll have a very shiny picture. So instead place your ring near a soft light to photograph it.
4) Use the proper exposure. Most cameras have a setting labeled Exposure Value. You can use the EV setting to lighten or darken your exposure. A good place to start is +1 and if it's too high the image will be washed out and you go down from there and vise versa.
Where did I find this fabulous wealth of knowledge? Table Top Studio
They have some really great tips for product photography as well as information on photographing jewelry so that it looks professional. So any of you engaged folks that want to photograph your ring so it looks like this
Rather than this
Give these tips a try.
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Using a macro lense or a macro setting also works. I took about 10 before I figured out that was the best setting for a little dinky point and shoot when taking close ups. It also allows for the flash to go off without making the ring look like a flashy cotton ball.
The entire time I was semi gasping, while thinking that at the end of the post you were going to show us YOUR ring as an example. But then I kept telling myself you're not one of the orthodox mormons who get engaged after 2 months of dating, and that pacified me. No offense to anyone who is... or if you secretly are Ariel.
Oh my! LOL!! No Claire you are right, I'm not going to be engaged so quickly lol. The idea from this blog came from trying to photograph my sister's wedding ring lol! But I will remember this as a way to announce any future engagement that may occur ;-)
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