A method for photographing lustrous objects, comprising:
- placing a lustrous object in the inside of a lighting box having an opening for photographing said lustrous object with a camera, and an indirect lighting function for lighting said lustrous object indirectly;
- providing an optical shield member consisting of any white material with a non-glossy surface between said camera and said lustrous object so that a reflected image of said camera is not formed in the image of the lustrous object being photographed;
- providing an opening in said optical shield member for photographing said lustrous object with said camera;
- setting the size and shape of said opening to be a size and shape necessary and sufficient for photographing said lustrous object;
- photographing said lustrous object with said camera through said opening and said opening for photography;
- wherein spectacle frames are photographed as said lustrous objects;
- and further wherein a container made of a transmissible light dispersing material and having an opening on the side of the opening for photography of said lighting box is provided in the inside of said lighting box and said spectacle frames are placed in said container to be photographed.