It’s very challenging to photograph jewelry. If you are a jewelry designer or you have an wholesale jewelry store (such as http://www.wholesalefashionsquare.com/jewelry/), you certainly know this. Jewelry reflects almost all the light it receives. Being always highly polished and shiny, especially if they contain colored stones and diamonds, photographing these beautiful items is even harder. And it’s quite frustrating, too. You, the lights, the camera, the table… Everything is being reflected.
If you have a brand new digital camera you are proud of, you might experience two problems: your jewelry pieces are either under-illuminated or over-illuminated. Not the result you were looking for? I agree, completely. What can be done? If you are into jewelry business, you could invest in some product photography equipment, created to help in this situation. Enclosed lightning systems are the key elements to the success in taking a perfect photo of an engagement diamond ring or a nice pair of platinum earrings. These systems wrap balanced and even light around the jewelry items, they distribute the light evenly, eliminate the glare, while illuminating those spots that would be harder to reach. Natural light can evenly and accurately reproduce all those magnificent colors found in pieces of jewelry, so using fluorescent daylight light might help you. Lightning systems for product photography, especially those created for jewelry photography have continuous lightning at least in right, left and bottom panels of the box. Light diffusers are able to spread the light evenly and to eliminate hot spots, shadows and reflections. So, light diffuser is also useful for illuminating the jewelry.
Your camera has certainly come with white balance options that are pre-programmed. However, at least one custom option is what you should ask for. If your camera is unable to self-adjust and read in order to take photos under various lightning conditions, you should purchase another one.