On Jan 24, 6:34 am, "Samuel Shulman"
wrote:
I want to photograph jewellery and then move the actual piece of jewellery to another image (with a totally white background)
Samuel,
You have been given a lot of good advise on how to photograph your jewelry and on how to photoshop your photos after your shoot.
What I feel you may be missing is experience.
Jewelry Photography is one of the most difficult things to accomplish in photography. You need to have a good photograph to start with before attempting to manipulate it in Photoshop.
It takes time, lots of experience and good equipment to achieve good photographic results. You have to first master the four basic elements: lighting, experience, lens and cameras.
The need to "move the actual piece of jewelry to another image (with a totally white background)" becomes a mute point when the basics are mastered first.
The lighting set-up is the most important component in jewelry photography and you need to be able to control the perspective and focus. The best and most accurate details are the result of precise focusing. A point and shoot camera will not do a very good job for jewelry photography and a general purpose lens is exactly that, for general purposes.
Some good information on jewelry photography is found at:
http://www.tabletopstudio.com/documents/jewelry_photography. htm they cover most of the basics about Jewelry Photography. Or do a Google search on "Jewelry Photography"
Good luck,
Practice, Practice, practice