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Published: 2007-12-31 14:46:07 +0000 UTC; Views: 4637; Favourites: 61; Downloads: 0
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Part one of a multi-part tutorial concerning how to take pictures of your own artwork. As we don't always do traditional art that fits conveniently in a scanner bed and, believe it or not, there are people who don't own reliable scanners, I figured that there should be a resource for those who need to take pictures of their artwork.I've seen some lovely works marred by poor lighting and uneducated people behind the camera. Hopefully this tutorial will help others as they take pictures of their own work and are able to create clean, presentable images that they can be proud to show.
Taking Pictures of Your Art Tutorial:
Page One
Page Two: [link]
Page Three: [link]
Page Four: [link]
Page Five: [link]
Page Six: [link]
Page Seven: [link]
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P.S. I might try and get a printed version made if there is a good interest in it.
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You're welcome! I am glad it continues to be appreciated.
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If I had a camera like this,it would be wonderful,but all I have is my smartphone
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A lot of the lighting considerations still come into play using a smartphone. For example using natural light when possible, eliminating background "noise" and so forth. There are lots of things you can do to improve image quality even if you do not have the most fancy equipment.
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I've figured that out after a while ofbusing my phone nvn
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You're most welcome! It is a lot of things I wish I had known starting out.
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What about flash? Is that okay if the intention is to make prints?
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Page three gives my reasons not to ever use the built-in flash on a camera. The short of it is that you can't control it and it has a horrible tendency to put a "hot spot" on the piece especially if your medium or surface is remotely reflective (paint definitely, but graphite and ink can prove surprisingly reflective too as well as wax-based colored pencils like Prismacolor). If you have a remote flash your chances are better as you can bounce it off of something to diffuse the harshness or find an angle that works well, but the flash that sits directly on top of a camera is a poor choice. You are almost always better off using a tri- or monopod and dropping your shutter speed rather than using the flash.
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You're most welcome. Thanks for letting me know you find it useful!
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Oh, NICE!
I can't wait to see the rest, love the comment on the tripod especially!
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Thankye! And thanks for the spotlight too, hopefully people will find it useful.
I just posted the second page and plan on getting the third one up shortly (typing the text at the moment). If there's anything important that I've left out in any of the sections, even after it's all finished, I'm more than willing to go back and revise it to answer those questions and make it more comprehensive.
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