In Ocampo Studio We provide:

First class digital Jewelry photography , immediacy, flexibility, and creativity that become the hindering factor to your successful future sale.
 

Our value lays not so much in what service we provide today but rather what they contribute to the future!

Our Digital photography services give you a competitive advantage in the  four more important elements of photography:
 

1. Camera:
to create unforgettable Images we use top-of-the-line Canon 5D Mark II is a 21.03 million image pixel full-frame CMOS sensor that  give you The best and most accurate details as a result of precise focusing.

2. Lens:
we use lens that is specifically designed for professional macro photography to provide the best results for jewelry photography.

3. Lighting:
The lighting set-up is the most important component in jewelry photography and is the product of professional experience.
Jewelry is highly reflective and when photographing it you naturally capture the surrounding area in the surface of the jewelry. With skill and properly positioned lighting unwanted reflections can be minimized or avoided completely. Also, every piece of jewelry is different so each piece presents new challenges and rules on the set-up table. For example, a ring with an opal stone requires different lighting than a necklace with diamonds, or a pendant with onyx, or earrings with emeralds, and so on. There is no "one-for-all" lighting set-up when photographing jewelry.

The images below illustrate a sequence of lighting improvements on a diamond ring.

Spot Light	Spot light with a reflector	Soft light	Soft light with a reflector	Mix of lighting hard and soft light

    
4. Experience:
Every piece of jewelry is shaped in a different way. The design is different, the shape is different (ring, earring, pendant, etc.), the finish of the metal is different and the opacity of the gemstone is different. Only experience can dictate the best way to light and set up a particular piece of jewelry. Attention to detail is crucial and the ability to control the elements is what creates a good final image.

When you commission Ocampo Studio you're buying our experience and skill. Experience is knowledge acquired over time. It's knowing exactly what to do with a piece of jewelry....knowing how to style it; knowing the best lighting to use with a colored stone mounted in a yellow gold ring; or knowing how to get the most detail from a diamond by controlling color, light intensity and the direction of light.

Anyone can take a snap-shot but not everyone has the talent, patience and skill to be a jewelry photographer. The two should never be compared.

Styling the Impossible.	Translucencies & Opacity	Details of Details	Light Control	Mastering Color

      

5. Edition:
we use Adobe Photoshop CS5, high resolution large screen monitor and the most important Bachelor in graphic design  with experience in photo editing and manipulation and specialized in Jewelry Photography.

ICC Color Profiling. Before any photograph is taken we calibrated and color profiling assigned our  softwares, cameras, monitors, printers, ink and paper.

Retouching. No matter how careful we are in photographing jewelry there is always something that needs to be fixed. It may be a piece of fiber caught in the prongs, manufacturing imperfections, rhodium plating, a poor setting, a spec of dust or surface scratches. Because of the extreme close ups, fine scratches and imperfections on the jewelry will be noticeable and exaggerated.

Images below illustrate two examples of retouching.
Rhodium plating imperfections (left) and pitting with a bad reflection (right).

Before	After	Before	After

Color Correction. Another important part of image editing is color correction. This too requires great skills and experience; to know how to use the curve tool in Photoshop; to change a gemstone from sapphire to emerald; or to change yellow gold to white gold. And when it comes to metal color,-
One more issue we should address here is color contamination. The reflective metal of jewelry picks up everything that's on and around the set, including the color background were it is placed. Diamonds and gemstones are another problem. Because they are translucent they show through any color behind, like yellow gold or background colors. These problems can and should be corrected to show the true colors.

Images below illustrate various color corrections.

Change gemstone color from sapphire to emerald (left), change from yellow gold to white gold and rose gold (right).

Before	After			Before	After	After

        

Color change from colorless diamond to a fancy yellow diamond to Jennifer Lopez pink Diamond to a Blue Diamond.

Colorless Diamond	Fancy Yellow	Pink Diamond	Rare Blue Diamond

It's important to make sure that white gold, platinum and silver look as neutral as possible so each item will look the same across your entire library of images.

Too yellow	Too blue	Too red	Pecfectly neutral

             

Color contamination from background on the ring shank and gemstone. (left)
Color of the emeralds and diamonds are contaminated from the yellow gold behind. (right)

Before	After			Before	After

 
Masking. is the most time consuming part of photo editing. In order to position jewelry in different backgrounds, or simply use a white background, they first must be masked.

Create outline	Save the clipping path	Separate from background	Delete background

       
Shadows and Backgrounds. Shadows and backgrounds add dimension and stability to jewelry. It takes talent to create a realistic and believable shadow or background that enhances the jewelry.

No Shadow	Amateur Shadows	Professional Shadows

Shadows and Background	Reflections	Reflections and Background

     
Optimization for Medias.
Creation of an image library include optimizing the entire library for all medias including print, web and television.
Images for print have to be high-resolution (300 ppi), need a CMYK color profile embedded, and need to be sharpened for print. Did you know that different countries (United States, Europe and Japan) have different CMYK color profile requirements.
Images for the web have to be low-resolution (72 ppi), need an RGB color profile embedded, and need to be sharpened for the web. Remember, the new RGB standard worldwide is Adobe (1998).

No minimum quantity!

Free sample jewellery photography!

Instant online quotes!

Affordable Prices

There are two pricing options:

Day rate: $1000.
half day rate: $650.
This may be the more cost effective option for you depending on the complexity of the photographs.

Per shot rate: Please use this list as a general guideline. 
# of items:        Web Package+ High Res:
Single Product:    $50
     2-9:                  $28 per product    
     10-19:              $25 per product
     20-49:              $22 per product
     50-99:              $19 per product
    100-199:            $15 per product
    200 or more:      $10 per product


I strive to ensure that you receive great quality product photography at reasonable prices.

All packages include:

Cleaning of the product before photography begins.
Product setup for the best angle possible.
Lighting setup for the best lighting possible.
Post processing to make images look their best
(image touch-up, color balance, and polishing).
Seamless white background for images.
Instant online delivery of photos.
Image rights and usage*.
2 web images (thumb & medium size.)
1 high resolution image
All your images on a DVD.

The images you receive are:
For the Web 
A thumbnail image (150px width, in JPG format) *Other size are available upon request.
A medium size image (700px longest side, in JPG format)  *Other size are available upon request.
A high resolution image for printing will be in TIFF format. Other file formats (jpg, psd, png) are available upon request.)

My turn around time on product photography usually runs about 7 business days for every 40 products.

Other Services

Animated 360º Photography: $100 per product
Want your product to be animated to show all angles of it in one image? We can combine multiple product images into one with simple transition (in animated gif form, maximum resolution of 640 pixels).

Masking
Creating transparent image backgrounds by cutting out the product by hand
from background. This is useful if you want to artificially change the white background to something else. PSD format included. $8 per photo

Reflection: $4 per product
Add a reflection under your product

Group product shots:
Any photo with more then one item would be considered a group shot (example: if multiple products are being sold together, etc). Because this requires extra set up time, additional charges apply. And because the set up of each product grouping is different, pricing varies. Contact me for a quote for your grouping.

More then one image of the same product:
If you’d like more then one image of the same product (the back side of it, a close up of an area on it, etc), there is a 40% reduction for shots after the 1st one - (i.e. for the “100 products” rate, the first image of the item would be $15, while subsequent shots of the same item would be $ 6 ).

*Royalty Free - No Licensing - No Usage Restrictions!
You will receive high quality digital images that are royalty free. This means you will never have to pay a yearly fee to use them, or a fee each time you use the image. You can use each image as many times as you have need, whether it be in print or on the web. It’s YOUR image**. Although, you will not be allowed to sell the photos for profit or claim copyright on them. All copyrights remain with the photographer.

 

"We guarantee full satisfaction"

Call us today to get started!
04 3107 7768