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Top 10 secrets of the creation of incredible photos of jewelry for your auction with a guarantee of higher sales and profit results

My name is Candy and I have been a buyer and seller of vintage and antique costume jewelry sold on eBay for 12 years and more recently on the first Vintagel Gems Emporium Minister and Exclusive Auction Boutique for antique, vintage and New Costume Jewelry and to www.VintageGemsEmporium.com . Over the years, I discovered the ten essential secrets for fabulous pictures for auctions of jewelry online.

I took photography for three semesters at the university as it was required for my degree in interior design, I used the camera was a 35mm Nikon and Trix black and white film. As part of the course work in photography, composition, focus, contrast and more were highlighted to create the perfect photograph architecture. Now I am not a professional photographer, but I discovered the secrets to making better than average, attractive and razzle-photos of jewelry so that the buyer take a second search.

Of course now the 35mm is mostly used only by Real artists and the digital camera took over. I currently own three Sony Mavica CD1000 cameras … Why three you ask, although I the camera so I bought three so I would always works. When I'm at full speed in auctions that I am listing nearly 1,000 frames per week, so you can see my cameras Exercise. The Sony Mavica CD1000 is no longer available but it is unique in that instead of having a memory disc it actually saves the images inside the camera on a CD-R, which can be easily break into an adapter and corn in the drive and the images are ready to be upgraded and converted to JPEG to be uploaded on auction site.

The program that I prefer to use for editing my pictures is Microsoft Picture It! because it is very easy to use and has all the bells and whistles that I need. When you use a program to improve the image is sure not to exaggerate the button up or you will have many buyers disappointed when they receive a point and it does not come close to resemble what they saw on sale to auction.

Over the past eight years, I discovered the 10 secrets to take incredible photos of jewelry and of course, these secrets who also work for anything small, such as coins, stamps, baseball cards, the Cabinet and postcards and more.

# 1 Secret: Most jewelry (bracelets, brooches, necklaces, earrings and sets) is either a gold or silver finish (they are real or not) and having sets or not all look good on a black background. I prefer black velvet that because of the nature of the material will not reflect light and actually absorbs light around the object and it is also very easy to adjust if a specification of dust, dirt or the end of the hair in the picture.

SECRET # 2: Contrary to the above question jewelry, watches and jewelry, where it is very detailed in equipment or the complexity of the face with the writing and all photography on a more off-white or cream velvet background. The velvet is reflected again not light and soft texture as a backdrop on the hard edges of the watch or other detailed parts.

SECRET # 3: Do not shoot point looking down on it, you will create shadows and light distortions on the jewel. The best way to photograph the most jewelry is where it rests on something (a box under the pile) which parallels the article you when you are at eye level with the item. In other words, sitting at the table where you will photograph and point proposal so that you are looking directly at her. The photo does not deform or item keystone and the form of articles will be properly represented, and it will most likely be developed.

SECRET # 4: To add to the composition dramatic photography, lay the item down on the back and shoot from a side angle and this gives an interesting point. However, be careful if you see only a small quantity of the item (especially if you shoot necklaces or bracelets) seems to be developed, just slightly raise the camera and then most of the article will be developed.

cameras SECRET # 5: my digital camera more decent and have five things that are truly essential for photographing small objects like jewelry. The first and second are Auto Focus and Steady Shot … Sure both are on. The third is a Close Up feature to get an inch of the matter in detail capture. The fourth is the number of pixels the picture will be. Pixels are simply a matrix of dots and dots per inch the more detail the photo will. So, if given the choice to use the parameter or 1600 pixels as close to him as possible. The fifth is the white balance, and this will allow you to balance the color of the picture being able to have more than yellow gold and less yellow and white over silver and rhinestones pieces.

SECRET # 6: The best light to show the brightness sets and the quality of the metallic finish is a combination of halogen and incandescent lamps. Halogen is the whitest ago incandescent light and adds just a slight pink tone to the lighting in general. fine jewelry stores use halogen lamps inside their windows, so you can not resist trying that $ 25,000. diamond ring. What I use is a gooseneck lamp cheap desktop which came with a halogen bulb and I place it behind the point of being photographed. My overhead lighting is a mixture of halogens and incandescent bulbs. Halogen bulbs that fit into standard lamp sockets are available in most Homestores and are about $ 7.00 – $ 10.00 each, but they last up to two years and a 50 watt halogen emits the equivalent of what an incandescent 100watt do you save money on electricity.

SECRET # 7: When you are registering a online auction you essentially have a blank canvas to your image … think of this not as a blank canvas, but as a billboard. Crop the picture as much as you can so that the billboard that you create is not a lot of white space on the ground (no money there) but is filled with the image what you sell. Here, your pictures will stand out because there is not much red, white or other everyone else uses as a painting background.

Secret # 8: When photographing your item as far as possible try to make it in a square format. In other words, not rectangle. If the article is long and thin like bracelets or pins, to put it at an angle of 45% so that when it is cut, it will be square. Also in the genre, it will stand out and make more interesting picture of the room. I also sometimes a picture perfectly square pins tilted on the diagonal, then again to a place and culture is also an amazing way to display the item.

SECRET # 9: There are basically three types of pictures that sell the item. An overall view of a near and a photo of the back. Well for a cost element there where you do not have many opportunities to make much profit to go around a picture … and most cases it should be close-up, this answer most questions from buyers about the color, detail and size. If there are more opportunities for profit, then use the three and show the close-up first if it will be one in the genre and the other two will be the auction for more clarity. I also think that holding item in the close-up is a great idea for two reasons … he did a better job of showing scale and size to say a "quarter 25 cent, and also the coloring of the piece is accentuated by the flesh-colored hand giving the buyer an idea of how it would look.

Secret # 10: The last secret that I share. DO NOT FOCUS TOO MUCH ON or TOUCH UP! Literally more focus (done by exaggerating the contrast) MAL the eyes of your buyer and gives them a headache and they run from your bid as soon as they can. Exaggerates the editing is not only good point is deception.Making a gold medal over and over all it really is, is to deceive the buyer into believing they are buying something other than what you have to sell. Now there is nothing wrong if the picture is too bright and you need to improve the color of your gold, but literally into the room to the screen of your computer and make sure they are looking for customers alike.Your have faith and confidence in what you sell and will ABCK many times.

Well as it says I am not a professional photographer and I ask anyone, but I the past 8 years probably shot almost 500,000 images … Now why I raise this question … and when I took the photograph why back when, my teacher told us he was ready to throw about 80% of what we shot, as we will not be good. And today The same thing applies to this topic, be picky about what you show your auctions, the time and care that you will reap more sales, higher sales and more profits. Good luck and good shooting!

By the way for advice and more jewelry buy and sell on what will soon become the site of antiques and vintage costume jewelry and come see me and others to GEMS VINTAGE EMPORIUM www.virtualgemsemporium.com. see you there.

About the author:

My name is Candace Daugherty and I live near Charleston, South Carolina. I 'm a contractor and have worked as a design detail and a marketing consultant with many internationally known retailers and designers fashion over the last 30 years. I hold a BA in Interior Design from Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA and a MBA from Pepperdine University in Malibu, California.

My passion however is Antique and Vintage Costume and Jewellery. I have collected over jewelry 35 years and even many parts incredibly fabulous book as shown in many price guides written by Simons Jewelry Harrice Miller, Roseanne Ettinger, Jeannene Bell and others.

I love Victorian, Art Nouveau and Edwardian pieces and have been fortunate to find many collectibles Wonderful and right here in my own backyard of Charleston, SC. I have a special fondness for what to do Miriam Haskell, DeMario, Schiaparelli, Alfred Philip Elder, McClelland-Barclay, Pennino and more and have found a wonderful way to get their hands on these parts at a fraction of what most retailers or collectors could ever hope for.

Since September 15, 2008 I and three others founded the first of its kind, an exclusive auction boutique for antique costume, vintage and new jewelry. We started Vintage Gems Emporium in www.vintagegemsemporium.com with three concepts in mind. One, a charming environment in a special room just for the auction specialist collector and antique costume and vintage and fine jewelry. Two, at auction or fixed price cost site on the Internet. And three to put the whole Vintage Gems Emporium first community with an incredible customer service and fair equal treatment for all trading partners.

About the Author

My name is Candace Daugherty and I live near Charleston, South Carolina. My passion is Antique and Vintage Costume and Fine Jewelry. I have collected jewelry for over 35 years and own many incredibly fabulous book pieces. I love Victorian, Art Nouveau and Edwardian pieces and have been fortunate to find many wonderful and highly collectible pieces right here in my own backyard of Charleston, SC.