How to photograph ART - TOP TIPS for success
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- Learn how to best photograph your art in this simple and easy walk-through of the process I actually use.
Top tips on camera lenses, lighting, how to get good close-up shots and basic equipment set-up and techniques. Learn about macro and normal wide angle shots.
See what they look like in real life on my Art For Sale page: www.swarez.co....
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There's a lot of interesting things happening in this painting. I've watched a few of your videos and like what you do. You're the modern day Jackson Pollock! Just subbed. Keep the videos coming :)
scott oconnor ah thank you so much! That’s very very kind of you! Will upload more videos soon. Thank you again!
Swarez, thank you! I love your videos. This one is especially helpful as I am to make photos now of the two paintings that I’ve just finished. Love your work as well. Thanks for sharing with us and being an inspiration for another artists, earlier in their careers. This is a beautiful thing to do 💛💛💛
ah thank you so much! and you are most welcome! Glad to be of help! :)
Sorry to be so off topic but does anybody know of a tool to log back into an Instagram account?
I was stupid lost the account password. I love any assistance you can give me
I studied arts and photography for many years and the best trick I found to take great pictures of works of art is to take them outside on an overcast day at moon when the sun is at it's highest. This way you get even lighting and cut glare and you can always adjust exposure and contrast in Photoshop.
Great videos my friend, always good info. Keep up the great work!! :)
Thank you and yes, absolutely right with what you said. Thank you. Wish my paintings were a bit easier to get in and out of the building!
Ever thought of having a slit that would fit the size of your paintings cut in a floor or on a wall ?? ...or even a patio door strategically placed.
Dali had this ingenious mechanism in his Malaga studio where there would be a slit cut into the floor of the wall on which he was painting with a system of pulleys which would allow him to move the painting up and down at will so not to have to use a ladder on large canvases.
Excellent as ever, concise, not patronising, detailed, informative, and delivered in a calm and respectful manner, inspirational as ever, as I'm off to photo my latest piece, thanks again.
I, too, love the color combinations of pink, purple and yellow! Thank you for sharing your tips and tricks, much appreciated!
You are so welcome!
Rather than Photoshop, I'd recommend Affinity Photo. Much less expensive and more than capable for this sort of work. Also happens to be developed by a UK company (in Nottingham).
a polarizing filter will help with reflections
Artists are so different, I think there's place for any work of art. My process is so different starting from a raw linen stretching and applying gelatine etc. Then I spend a month working on a single piece. I wish I could work much quicker 💁♀️😁One thing we have in common-is the size of the paintings. I love large paintings💫👩🚀
I totally agree! There's no substitute for size!! Thanks for sharing
Thank you, I really enjoy your videos and appreicate the information, it's really helpful. 🙂💚
You’re welcome ☺️
Beautiful. Learning a lot from your videos. Going through a few and your advice is excellent.
Glad you like them! Thanks Elisha
Fyi, if you don’t have a remote to remove photographer shake when pressing the button..., use the self-timer...
The biggest issue I have is with white balance - any tips or pointers out there all very gratefully received... aka. availability of natural light is a fundamental problem...
Indeed Stephen - it is a problem. For my live streams I use artificial lighting and am having a very steep learning curve between what real life looks like and what the camera sees. Am currently trying to understand the Kelvin range for the light tones I need. Complicated stuff... if I discover anything useful I will report back!
I love your Art!
Thank you Mista!
My questions answered. I've been struggling with dark images - now I'm getting a digital SLR camera (interchangeable lens). Thank you so much.
My pleasure!
@@SwarezArt my new nikon camera arrived today...happy days
@@CeliaHemken Awesome! Go you!
get a decent lens, too. otherwise the camera is pointless compared to a modern smartphone.
Useful vid, thank you! You mentioned the painting is lighter at the top, do you do anything to combat that? You could be a ruddy great white sheet under the work to bounce light back onto the bottom of the painting maybe?
A good idea Matty. Normally, if I have light and dark issues I use Photoshop to correct that with the Brightness slider.
@@SwarezArt Thank you! Ah ok yes of course a lot can be done digitally.
was there a photoshop follow-up to this excellent video ?
Not presently alas - sorry...
Love and admire your work. 1 question is If you want to reproduce your art for prints, what settings would you set the camera at for optimum actual size resolution ? I’m under the impression that the camera needs to be set up for the exact resolution as the output at 300 dpi.
Hi Janie. It may be better to think in terms of image size in pixels. For print reproduction always choose the highest your camera will allow. For a 24MP camera that's 6000px x 4000px. You can do post processing in Photoshop (or equivalent) where you can adjust output dpi but that will depend on how big you intend to output a file to print. A4 and A3 don't need that big a file but the larger you go the more data is required to prevent pixilation. There may be a guide online that defines the range for each paper size and how big the file parameters should be? ? Not sure - I don't do prints because I find them too complicated to organise!!!
Amazing work. One question. What are these metal stands on wheels you using to hang the canvas on please?
Thanks Ali - just look for mobile clothes rails on Amazon!!!
Gracias me encantó tu canal💖
Do you bracket your pictures? One correct exposure, one just a stop brighter, one just a stop darker. You can overlay in photoshop as layers and adjust them to be totally accurate?
Hi Julien. No I tend not to do that to be fair. I find that my light is pretty good most of the time and I can make odd corrections on Photoshop where necessary.
Thanks for the info 👌
My pleasure!
Authentication certificates seem to be mostly for high end art....which you have....love your work......$2000.....gobsmacked......but it is beautiful....I would buy one if I had enough money......
Thank you so much Wendy - most kind!
Hi buddy . I just subscribe, I just wanna say thankyou its great to watch your videos with such a real no ego honest guy , cheers mate I look Fwd to watching more , great tips and info
Greg
Thank you so much, that's very kind of you!
Boom!
This is helpful, thanks
My pleasure!
Instead of viewfinder, if you shoot using monitor, your camera becomes like mirror less camera and images are sharper focus.
Thank you for the tips! Most grateful!
never ever use the 18-55mm kit lens. for more info on photography i'll be happy to answer questions.
Swarez, I just subscribe, I love your videos, super helpful, Thank you very much.
I have one question, could you recommend me please where I can organize my photos painting to do my inventory. I use excel but maybe there’s something easier for artist.
How do you organize, title, sizes, technique and photos?
Many thanks
Hi Debora. I don't organize my photos so i can't really be of much help. I just take the raw pics and keep them in month folders. That's all. When I have processed them and either uploaded them to the site or created anew folder with the painting name I ignore the original raw Jpegs - so no need to catalogue the. Hope that makes sense?
Thanks !! I like the folders idea. Specially when you have several photos for each painting. If I find something to catalogue them I will let you know. Many Thanks
Could you elaborate on the settings you used to take this photo?Thank you
Are they not mentioned in the video?
@@SwarezArt I don't believe the actual settings in your camera yesterday's. Like aperture,shutter speed, wb, etc what type of lens you used.
@@SwarezArt I'm trying to find out if when you took that long shot from the painting if you could see any type of blurriness on the edges of your canvas which is why you went closer to take each corner photograph. I'm not good with the settings but it's really hard to get a full image that big sharp and clear. I apologize you did go over some settings I was just trying to figure it out more in depth
You never showed the photographs that you took of the painting! I really wanted to see how they came out. I actually watched your video for that purpose but didn't see what I wanted to see!
Sorry about that Lily - I think this was in a time when our editing skills were pretty low. If it helps you can see the raw files (which i kept) right here: www.dropbox.com/sh/ihv0baku1fonrjf/AACsm_YaFMc-xTQbGWaCkSEDa?dl=0 let me know if I can help further
It’s looks like a good starting point but you can find way more accurate videos about art photography on RUclips.
is it a bad Idea to take pictures of your art work outside?
If you can get good light then not at at all!
It must be fuken cold in your studio . Cant afford heating ?
It is and I can't. Heating the space is pointless as it disappears out of the skylights. Been as low as minus 9 in there. It gets terrifyingly cold in there.
The lens has not a adjustable depth of field? That is rubbish.
You actually control the depth of field with the f-stop.
fritz4345 thank you for the education!!! Much appreciated!!
@@SwarezArt You are welcome. If you have a cheaper zoom lens the distortion can be bigger but that also depends on the actual lens length you are using. Google lens correction in photoshop if you want to get the right correction for your lens.
Personally I use longer lenses for paintings. Maybe 50-70mm. There are less visible distortions.
@@fritz4345 Awesome advice! Thank you so much!
Zwarez , cant you afford heating ?
Yes I can but I am wasting money because all the heat escapes through my old glass roof. All I am doing is spending money I won't need to do and contributing to global warming. The answer is to wrap up warm and carry on!
@@SwarezArt . I agree. Some of my best work has been done in very cold winters with no heating.
LoVE ur work but dude the sound is killing me!!
Thanks - we have now fixed it in the later videos. Sorry about that...
I'm in search of artist who have quality art photographers that are up for sale.
Maybe a Google search?
Not a bloody clue!