Hello!
I just joined, for two reasons at the moment.
First, I just wanted to say, FacetFlash is indeed spamming his website. He did the same on another forum and was called out for it much as Doug did. Another user asked how he got his diamonds so bright, as she was experimenting with jewelery photography. His answer was "years of practice and experience" :/. I questioned him further, and was asked if I was jealous. :| Yeah, it was about web hits to his site.
That being said...
I want to give MAJOR thanks to Vadim, and the information on jewelery photography contained in his blog. Thank you so much for sharing that!
I am a jeweler. I have my own business and have been teaching myself product photography. Hiring someone is not feasible because everything I do is pretty much "on time delivery", so there is no time to send it out. I've been into photography for quite a while, but my love is shooting abstracts.
I have a 5dmkIII, and I love it. It was disappointing to learn of its limitations over a MF camera, and I looked at them, but they're out of my range for my needs at the moment. As I take on learning more about the craft of product photography, and if I can get anywhere near what you guys are doing, I won't rule it out. LOL
In the end, I guess I should thank Calvin for leading me here. It connected me with some great information that googling just didn't bring up.
I now have a gear list, and as I acquire, and start practicing, I will certainly post here for pointers.
Thanks again Vadim for sharing, and helping others learn!
Cheers!
Oh, here's some examples of how far I have to go...