Sunday, July 8, 2012

Taking good photos of your work.

I wanted to show how I take pictures of my paintings. I learned this is in Qiang Huang workshop this spring. He posts everyday, Because at first he was working full time and painting at night, he came up with a good way to photograph his work inside, save it to a jump drive, then post at work during his lunch hour. So I tried it and liked the results. In Fayetteville we can't always  count on the sun shining to take pictures outside.  So I would get behind on posting waiting for a good day to take pictures. so this method is a life saver.
    Take a box - like a pizza box, that has edges about 2" wide. Set your artwork up and place it on a chair. Make sure the light is coming from the sides, no direct sunlight coming toward the painting. I have windows on either side of my studio (which would be left and right of my chair in the photo). Then take the picture. It seems to be a good option and I don't have to fight with glare. Give it a try!

3 comments:

  1. Cool thanks for that tip! I have a lot of trouble with that also.

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  2. Sounds simple! Thanks so much for the tip! Have read so many complicated setups that are too confusing to try...it is nice to have a simple solution.

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  3. Fantastic idea! Thanks for sharing. I'm going to give it a try.

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