Experienced online jewellery sellers will tell you that the quality of your photos is the key to selling lots and lots of jewellery. It's not necessary to have an expensive camera or to be a professional photog to get great pics of your work. My photos really sucked when I first started out, but with a little research, and a LOT of trial and error, my photography skills have improved, and so have my photos. Check out these before photos of my Trinkets bracelet.
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These pictures are too dark. The one on the left has uneven light that is unflattering, and there are too many things going on, which makes it distracting. The background colour takes away from the colours in the bracelet. Now here's the after photo.
This picture was taken outside, on an overcast day. I zoomed in, used the macro lens, and took several shots at different angles. The background is a piece of driftwood that I found on the beach while camping last summer. It doesn't distract from the bracelet, and it reflects the natural theme that I am trying to make part of my branding.
