Category: Jewelry

A opportunity to obtain some unique jewelry

OK, only vaguely related to stock photography – although there are photos on the site! I finally put the finishing pieces on my wife’s jewelry site today. She makes silver wire wrapped pendants and necklaces/earrings and my job was to create a site with some good photographs, a shopping cart and an ability to browse through the designs. WordPress came to the rescue and I have now gone live with the site. So, if you are seeking a unique gift...

How to: Take photographs of Jewelry

One of the tasks to be tackled in selling jewelry is how to photograph it in a way that brings out the shape and the subtlety of the piece. As mentioned below, Jacqui has started to create beautiful silver wire-wrap jewelry by carefully encasing a cabochon – a shaped and polished semi-precious gemstone – in intricately shaped sterling silver wire. My job is to photograph them for her on-line sales web site. If you look at the site, we have...

Another Venture – Silver wire-wrap jewelry

My wife has now started her own venture under the Backyard Productions LLC entity – the creation of unique sterling silver wire-wrap cabochon pendants. These start from ornate polished semi-precious stones – called cabochons – and then she created a supporting environment of sterling silver wire, holding and enhancing the pendant for a lovely necklace or brooch. We have opened a shop front on Etsy – 20c to list each piece and 3.5% of the sales price in commission. However,...