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Positioning your Art – How to Shoot your Art III

July 14, 2009 | 1 Comment

ShootArt - Loan Nguyen

1) Go outdoors!: If you can move it easily and have an easel, you can set it up outside for cheap lighting (i.e., free). If you will be shooting indoors, hang your piece on a neutral colored wall or cover the wall with a neutrally colored background. Place the work flat against the background or wall. A black background is best, or a neutral/slate grey or white.

2) Remove the glass: If possible, remove any glass covering the work. If the work requires the glass to keep it flat, devise a solution to flatten it without the glass if possible. Shooting through glass is technically awkward and will give sub-par results.

3) Enhance, don’t distract: If your work is 3-dimensional, shoot it with a background that enhances but does not distract from the work.

4) Let the sunshine in: If your work is translucent (i.e., light flows through it), then position it or a light in such a way as to have light flowing through it though not directly into the camera lens.

5) Optimize your setup: Use the exact same set-up for all art with the same dimensions to avoid having to move the camera once you have the optimal set-up in place.

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How to Shoot your Art

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