Ultimate Fail at Taking Professional Photos of Artwork

Yesterday was the day when I was planning on getting some 'professional' quality photos taken of my artwork. I guess professional is pushing it...actually it was my sister who has a new, amazing camera with excellent resolution. It should have worked. It didn't. During the process, I was thinking I should have taken some pictures of us trying to take pictures of my pictures...following?? But I didn't. If you have a good imagination, please imagine 3 adults...one watching in dismay to the attempts of the 2 others. The 2 others were the ones balancing on chairs, holding lights and camera high in the air (being careful not to hit the ceiling fan). You get the picture I am sure.

The biggest problem? Poor lighting which created some glare. We were going to use natural lighting, but because of some forest fires in the area, there was an orange haze outside which also had a darkening affect. So, to counter that, we tried using a giant 'daylight' lightbulb that is meant for use in a fish tank. We tried holding it close, far, reflected off the ceiling...didn't work. Obviously, the flash also wouldn't work as that would create more glare. We tried it outside too, but the haziness made it impossible.

The good side? Even though the lighting wasn't good enough, we were able to take some shots to see how high the image resolution would be. Good news there. It was triple what my camera could get, which means I can make bigger, higher quality prints.

The plan? Try this again on a nice bright day, without haze and without the need for aritifcial lighting. There is hope yet.

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