Put a ring on it

Anne Ruthmann wrote a very informative/kickass blog post on WeddingbeePRO about photographing one's engagement ring. Informative because it gave me, a regular person with a point and shoot camera, good details for taking a good ring shot and kickass because the results rocked. For as long as I've been trying to take photos of my ring, I don't think I would have been able to get these shots without such a good tutorial.

I took off my ring, gathered together my favorite scarf and a cute toy, opened the blinds for better natural light, balanced the ring, set the camera, leaned in, and just took shot after shot. It was a bit difficult to get the ring to balance while on the scarf. There just wasn't enough structure to the scarf material, but I love the color so I ended holding the ring under the scarf to keep it steady. The toy I chose is Badtz Maru, a Sanrio character I got in a HelloKitty blindbox. Hello Kitty is my favorite character but the Badtz Maru toy is covered with diamond designs so it was only natural to pose the ring on him.

After playing with the zoom and trying very hard to keep still and keep the frame focused, I figured I had taken enough photos. Maybe too much. I couldn't wait to upload to the computer. There were plenty of blurry shots, but there were also a nice amount of clear shots. I am really happy how they turned out. :) Thanks to Anne!



This was taken on the keyboard of my office computer. Tried to get the ring in between our initials J&M.


Badtz Maru doesn't look too pleased.


It's like he's looking at the ring. Too funny. I really like the look of the ring resting on the Badtz Maru toy. I think it's the black/white/gray coloring that makes me like it so.

Have you tried to shoot your ring using Anne's tutorial? How did your shots turn out?

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