The Difference Between a Beauty Shot and an Honest One
There are two ways to photograph a mineral, and they answer two different questions. One asks how beautiful it can look. The other asks what it actually looks like.
From the Shot to the Delivered File — Post-Production for Mineral Photography
The shot is only the beginning. What happens after it determines whether the image is useful.
Why We Use a Mirror Background for Mineral Photography
Why Minerals Photography uses a black mirror background for mineral specimen photography, how it works, when it does not, and what it actually costs to use it correctly.