How to take a great engagement ring photos at home

I met with a client last week who asked me if I could help her out with getting a good picture of her engagement ring. She really wanted a nice shot of the ring to send to her grandmother who lives overseas. She didnt want to wait to get the ring photographed at the engagemkent session, so I gave her some advice and the shots came out great!

 I thought I would share with my readers this little tutorial on how to get an awesome shot of your engagement ring with a simple point and shoot camera. You should be able to do this with any late model digital camera! For this tutorial I used a Canon A590 Is (here is a great review on the camera), its a cheap little camera cost about $125 bucks, perfect camera for my tutorial.

1. Kill the flash!!! Most point and shoot cameras have the option of turning off the flash, this is the first thing you want to do. You want to find an icon on the camera that looks similar to this

Direct flash on to your ring is going to make it look washed out so we want to use ambient light or something that isnt as harsh as the on camera flash.

2. Finding good light is going to be the key in getting a good shot of your ring. In my tutorial I used the inside of my refridgerator. I cleared off a shelf close to the light bulb and took my shot. If you dont like the idea of shooting in your fridge, take a look around you -there is light sources everywhere, you just need to find it. A lamp, a flashlight, the sun, look around and see what looks flattering to you. 

3. Next you want to think about how you want to display the ring for the shot. I recommend taking the ring off your hand it makes it so much easier to get close to the ring with the camera and allows you to use a backgrund that will make the ring POP!! In my tutorial I used a red rose and placed the ring in between the pedals. If you do a search online you can find some other ring photos to give you inspiration.

4.  Now we need to get the camera in Macro Mode. Macro mode allows you to get close to the subject and magnify it to fill the frame. Macro Mode is usually shown on your camera as a little flower that looks like this:

4. Now that you have everything setup, go snap a few photos of your ring, try taking the photos from different angles and views, take the best ones and start sharing them with your friends and family!

This is the shot I took of my wifes engagement ring for this tutorial useing a Canon a590IS Point and Shoot camera.  

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial! Contact me directly if you need some help!