A note on watches and jewelry:

The devil is in the details. The reason that I enjoy this avenue of the craft is the intimate relationship between object and camera. These pieces are small, reflective and their beauty is made or broken by a fraction of a degree of tilt in some cases. Rigging, holding, and controlling the relationship between object and lens is more critical and hands-on than most other types of photography. The need to become a skilled but judicious retoucher is nearly as important as learning how to light diamonds, sapphire watch crystals, and compound curves of polished metal. The computer is nearly as important as the camera. Rigging tools are nearly as important as the camera. The minuscule becomes amplified and the final results are usually not optically possible. These are compound photographic illustrations in most cases. It is the technical nature of this work that has kept me so engaged for so long.