Photographing jewelry?

I've been trying to photograph rhinestoned bracelets. When looking with the eye, they look VERY shiny and sparkle nicely. However, in the viewfinder, it doesn't do them justice. My camera (Nikon D5100) doesn't seem to be capturing the shine of the bracelets. Any tips or ideas of how to make them look the same way in the photos as in real life?

Make sure your iso speed is at 100, anything above 1600 it will come out bad quality, if you use it in manual settings it should do it justice since your doing all the settings yourself. It can also do with the lighting.

You need:

* light tent
* two 500 watt quartz halogen lamps for even lighting
* a tripod to mount your D5100
* a remote shutter release so you do not have camera movement when taking the shot.

Be sure to set the cameras white balance to match the incandescent lights

I use a macro lens when shooting jewelry. Do you have one of those?

Lighting lighting lighting. What kind of lighting are you using to photograph your jewelry? Your D5100 is very capable of taking high quality photos, don't just expect the camera to do all of the work.

The challengewith photographicing jewelry is that you are not JUST photographing the bracelets. You are also photographicing the reflections. I. E. If you look closely, you might be able to see the camera reflected in the jewelry. And maybe the rest of the room too.

Using a light tent will allow you to work around it. It will give you a white environment that will nicely refect onto the jewels.

1. Use a light tent
2. Iights lights lights.

here are A few simple youtube tutorials that plays a lot of emphasis on light and light tents…