I have a love/hate relationship with flatlays. They're one of the most common ways to photograph a number of pieces of jewelry so you can see them all together, and I can lay out some fun arrangements that look lovely in person. But then I look at the photo and the jewelry looks dull and drab. The problem is with the translucence of glass...
Especially with pale transluscent glass, photographing from above just does not work. Each teardrop casts a shadow below itself, and you can see the shadow through the glass, making it - in photos, at least - appear dull. In real life, you see the sparkle, but flatlay photos struggle to convey it.
That's why so many of my photos are taken from the side - so that just like in real life, you can see the light shining through the glass, and see the sparkle!
Better, huh?
The downside is that I can only really show one pair of earrings at a time - photographing from the side means that there is a greater depth of field between multiple pieces, and jewelry farther back will be blurry (and look much smaller). So, instead you'll just have to hop over to my online shop now to check out all the new Storm Duet Earrings!
