Originally posted by First Poster Personally I think Holaday is not getting the results just from her camera settings
Camera settings have to be right but the lighting is the most important thing. With the lighting done right there is no need for photoshop. It should come out of the camera properly done. Not to say you cannot improve things with PS, but you can get it right in camera.
As noted above it is very hard to help without some example photos. Go ahead and join, the name of the forum is Pentax but really, many here use other brands as well. We won't bite.
Jewelery photos are very difficult to get correct but it can be done. There are many books dedicated just to the subject. You need to control the light, and unless you approach from that viewpoint it will not work out. Forget camera settings, they are not all that important. The light, angle, scrims, reflectors are what are important.