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Rough_Rock
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There's not a lot of easy to understand information on how to get some of those great Arrows photos for a diamond that is already in the setting. Here's what I came up with after some research online and some trial and error. Its easy to do and the results can be great depending on your stone. Hope these steps can help you guys get some great images!
Step 1:
Take a dark piece of paper and fold it into 4 sections and tape along the edge to make a rectangular tower. This will be what holds your ring while you photograph.
Step 2:
Place the tower upright on a flat surface and place your camera in front of it.
Step 3:
Using a sharp knife, poke a slit the width of the ring's band in the paper tower at the same height as the middle of the camera's lens. This height is crucial to get a straight on shot and a clear arrows image. If you look through the camera viewfinder and see that you're off, just remove the ring and cut a new slit at a better height. The ring should be directly in the middle of the image (vertically).
Step 4:
Poke the ring's band into the tower so it is held at a 90* angle.
Step 5:
Find the closest you can get your camera to the ring with focus on the stone.
Step 6:
Cut a piece of white printer/copy paper the width of the distance between the camera and the tower.
Step 7:
Tape the paper into a tube the diameter of your camera lens. Cut the paper so that it only overlaps itself a tiny bit. You want a lot of light to come through the paper. Too many layers will block the needed light.
Step 8:
Slide the white paper tube over your lens and position it against the dark standing paper tower. You want to seal out all non-diffused light. (Tip: add some paper blinders at the edges of the tower to prevent light from leaking into the sides where the white tube meets the dark paper tower. Those pieces are blue in these images)
Step 9:
Move your camera into position and take an image.
Step 10:
Try slight adjustments of the angle of the ring, camera, tower, or both until you get a perfect straight on angle between the top of the stone's table and the camera lens. Repeat #9 until you get the best images you can out of your stone!
Good Luck!!!
Step 1:
Take a dark piece of paper and fold it into 4 sections and tape along the edge to make a rectangular tower. This will be what holds your ring while you photograph.
Step 2:
Place the tower upright on a flat surface and place your camera in front of it.
Step 3:
Using a sharp knife, poke a slit the width of the ring's band in the paper tower at the same height as the middle of the camera's lens. This height is crucial to get a straight on shot and a clear arrows image. If you look through the camera viewfinder and see that you're off, just remove the ring and cut a new slit at a better height. The ring should be directly in the middle of the image (vertically).
Step 4:
Poke the ring's band into the tower so it is held at a 90* angle.
Step 5:
Find the closest you can get your camera to the ring with focus on the stone.
Step 6:
Cut a piece of white printer/copy paper the width of the distance between the camera and the tower.
Step 7:
Tape the paper into a tube the diameter of your camera lens. Cut the paper so that it only overlaps itself a tiny bit. You want a lot of light to come through the paper. Too many layers will block the needed light.
Step 8:
Slide the white paper tube over your lens and position it against the dark standing paper tower. You want to seal out all non-diffused light. (Tip: add some paper blinders at the edges of the tower to prevent light from leaking into the sides where the white tube meets the dark paper tower. Those pieces are blue in these images)
Step 9:
Move your camera into position and take an image.
Step 10:
Try slight adjustments of the angle of the ring, camera, tower, or both until you get a perfect straight on angle between the top of the stone's table and the camera lens. Repeat #9 until you get the best images you can out of your stone!
Good Luck!!!
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