I am an experienced jewellery photographer, with over 30 years experience.

The studio has a number of  jewellery designers and wholesale jewellery suppliers as clients, their requirements vary enormously.
An item of high value requires the highest standard of photography together with a degree of retouching to produce images suitable for high quality reproduction.
At the other end of the scale are those less expensive items of  jewellery, where images are only going to appear on the web.
Which ever the item, they both requires the same expertise  to get the best from each piece of jewellery.

Jewellery Photography - White backgrounds Jewellery is often photographed on white with high key lighting, traditionally to provide as few reflections as possible, however some reflections are always neccessary to define shape, natural shadows and reflections should only be removed if they are detrimental to the shot.	Jewellery Photography - Earrings Earrings can be photographed hanging or laid down. If hung, the means by which they have been hung will require some retouching to remove from the image. Often one earring is photographed, then copied and pasted side by side, making a much cleaner image.