How to Photograph a Painting - 3 steps
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- Опубликовано: 10 июл 2024
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Today I'm talking through how to photograph a painting. This is important information to help you get your paintings into the digital world and represent your work well.
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Thanks Matthew for sharing this great video. I photographed my watercolour paintings since I began three years ago. I took two photos... One of the full painting, the second which is cropped by photographing the painting without the edges. Matthew’s method is actually much better. I’ve been using my iPad mini 2 to photograph my paintings. In retrospect, I probably should’ve used my android phone instead for higher quality.
I upload all my photographs to Microsoft OneDrive and name each file starting with the date (y-m-d format) followed by a brief title. That way all my photos are sorted chronologically and I can then see the progress over time.
What this video omits is how to document or label the painting. On the back of each painting I write down the title, my name, the date I completed the painting, and what kind of paper I was using. If I’m giving the painting away to family or friends, I print out a separate label with information and fix it on the back of a picture frame.
Framing a picture is expensive. If I am painting on 8 x 10“ or 5 x 7 sheets of paper, I will use an IKEA frame such as the KNOPPANG to frame it. Exception is if my painting is very well done, then I will get it professionally framed.
Thank you for sharing your wonderful tips on photographing your artwork, & discussing the Canva app. 🥰
So helpful and your paintings are beautiful - thank you!
Excellent video, so informative and detailed. And your kind friendly style is much appreciated. 😊
This was such a valuable video. Thank you for your generous sharing.
Good timing, I have to just do it. I have a few nice watercolor paintings along with some cool photographs that I’ve taken and I’m forever toying with the idea of trying to sell them.
These were some very useful tips Matthew thanks, especially the Canva app so I don’t have to make a mount every time before photographing. I always have to edit the colours warmth and contrast. Of course it’s never the same as the real painting but as near as possible.
Glad it was helpful!
I was having a lot of trouble getting good lighting for my camera. So, I purchased a scanner that gives me a high-resolution pic, perfect for online.
This is so helpful, thank you
Thank you for showing how to take better pictures of my paintings.
My watwrcolorist neighbor friend said to take it outside on a sunny day around 11 or 1. Face the painting toward the sun on the ground. Stand above it on the top side of the painting. This gives true color and works well for me. What do you think of this.
Can you share a bit more about how you made your overhead light setup?
Hello. Nice video. My main problem with photographing watercolour paintings (with 4 years old iPhone) is that they look much grainier on the photo. As if the white of the paper was showing much more (especially with ultramarine), while in real life the painting looks much smoother. Any idea? Would scanning the photo solve it?
Thank you for the tips and one question, I'm curious as where to show my work or enter competition? I never thought about it. as painting still a pure hobby for now. But, I did follow you practice often by marking calendar, keep "showing up" mindset has help me to making improvement. I just noticing it when looking through older painting!! :-)
Matthew,I’ve downloaded a photo on Canva. It’s not exactly easy to follow. All I want is a border or frame around the image. I can’t seem to find how to do it. Can you help?