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.
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Why the Same Mineral Photograph Looks Different on Every Screen
Open the same mineral photograph on your phone and your computer, and the color shifts. You are not imagining it. Here is why, and what I do about it.
How Rock of Science Came to Be
It started in 2021, with a friend and a few dozen minerals. It became something else entirely.
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.
When the Specimen Cannot Come to the Studio
Some specimens cannot come to the studio. Two stories from the field.
Macro and Microphotography — What Your Mineral Specimens Look Like Beyond the Naked Eye
What macro and microphotography reveal about mineral specimens that the naked eye cannot see, and why it changes the way collectors understand their collection.
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.