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Photographing your own stock with the phone and the room you already have: what the light is doing, what the metal is reflecting, and where a phone genuinely stops.
The four faults the camera cards and the lightbox wizard do not cover: dark stones, the room behind you, colour that shifts, and where a phone stops.
Shoot26 August 2026It Looked Right on the Phone and Wrong on the ListingThe gold reads warm on one screen and pale on another. Three different things are happening after the shutter, and only one of them is your photo.
Shoot26 August 2026What a Jewellery Photoshoot Costs in IndiaStudio per-photo, a photographer's day, a model day, or your own corner. A worksheet for the only figure that compares them: cost per usable photo.
Shoot26 August 2026Stones That Photograph BlackA dark stone is not an exposure problem. Coloured stones, CZ, enamel and pearl each need the opposite of what instinct says.
Shoot26 August 2026The Reflection in the Bangle Is YouYou, your phone, the ceiling fan and the window grille, curved across a piece that has to go up today. Finding the reflection, then getting out of it.
Where these sit
Every guide belongs to one of five sections, and a subject like this one cuts across them — a blocked listing is a listing problem on the day it happens and a money problem by the end of the week. The sections read in order; this page does not.
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Pick a piece type — get the printable shot checklist a catalogue needs, with per-metal lighting notes.
ShootFreeCamera Settings CardsPhone camera settings per metal — yellow gold, silver, kundan, polki — as printable pocket cards.
ShootFreeLightbox Setup WizardYour budget in — the exact lighting rig to buy or build, with per-metal setups and a printable sheet.
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