How to Photograph Your Jewelry Online Workshop with Jim Lawson

Description

Discover how to capture your most stunning jewelry pieces with this online workshop: How to Photograph Your Jewelry Online Workshop with Jim Lawson. Based on Jim Lawson’s popular video, he will walk you through the essentials, starting with equipment and set-up, and venture into advanced techniques for making your jewelry pieces look beautiful and professional. Jim will provide an in-depth look at how to photograph and highlight the best features of your designs as well as different ways to accentuate different materials and types of jewelry.

Lesson Breakdown:
Introduction:

• Meet Jim Lawson
• Jim’s Top 5 Tips
• Tools & Materials

Point & Shoot Essentials:

• Point and Shoot Success
• Using a Fill Card
• Checklist for Success

Beyond Point & Shoot:

• Beyond Point & Shoot Cameras
• Sparkle & Color
• Diffusion Frames
• Capturing Detail
• Creating a Gradient Background
• Q&A with Jim

Techniques Covered:

• Point and shoot cameras
• DSLR cameras
• Lighting
• Fill cards
• Framing and positioning
• Diffusion frames
• Capturing detail
• Gradient backgrounds

Workshop Includes:
Discussion board & Gallery: The discussion board is a great way to interact with other users in the course. It’s an open forum for you to ask questions, share your thoughts, express your inspirations, and share images of your work.

Optional Quizzes: Short optional quizzes to test your knowledge as you progress through the lessons.

Run time: ~ 101 minutes

About the Instructor:
Jim Lawson is well-known for his photography work with various Interweave publications, such as Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist magazine, Step by Step Wire magazine, and special projects and books. Throughout the course of his career as an advertising photographer, he became more and more involved with jewelry photography. He has also been active in teaching workshops for artists who want to photograph their own jewelry. This is one of those workshops!

To learn more about Jim, visit JimLawsonPhotography.com.