January 24, 2007
Update on Photography of Art.
Today has almost slipped away, because soon Amalia will be home, and we have an errand to run, and then... bye bye Wednesday. So, tomorrow, with the exception of an eye doctor appointment (nothing serious, just the routine check to see if my glasses are the right ones still), I am going to tackle the art photography again. A friend of mine made a very good suggestion on improvised lighting improvements, and I am going to try them. We will see.
Also, I have a comment from someone who surfs at work, and cannot view any of the photos, because his or her employer blocks Photobucket. Why the employer would think that people are reading blogs on company time baffles me. I look at my site records. I know that the real reason that my readership mainly happens between 8am and 5pm is because of time differences. And the drop at official holidays? It's because families go out of town.
So, anyway, I would like to know if this is a problem for anyone else. I am happy to consider other solutions, but will probably wait until the official art website is happening, just because my computer project time budget will be mostly taxed by that.
Posted by erik at January 24, 2007 12:18 PMI've had luck photographing using a tripod arranged with the camera tilted downwards and the artwork tilted on an easel at the same angle. Then light using something along the lines of a white sheet to diffuse the light. I've always ended up having to adjust the color in photoshop afterwards anyway to make it look right.
You'll want to get a filter for the camera as well so that the glass glare from framed pieces doesn't interfere. Those are pretty cheap.
Posted by: John Herreid at January 24, 2007 4:11 PM