9 Years Ago

I Need Help Photographing My Paintings For Faa

Hi all. I could use some advice to get a better photo of my paintings. I can't quite afford professional help, at the moment so I was wondering if there was any advice you could give on getting the best photo out of my Nikon. It's a decent camera, but I'm no photographer. My paintings are medium to large, the largest being 48x48 inches, but most are around 30x40 inches. I use a lot of black in my backdrops so my photos require some editing no matter what I do. It always seems to shrink the image size considerably. The image here is a good example of my issue. Lots of black but my image size can only be reproduced on a small scale with the photos I have.

Appreciate your thoughts :)

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Jeffrey Campbell

9 Years Ago

Stephanie,

Hopefully this will assist in getting better photos of your work.

Bradford Martin

9 Years Ago

Your images do not have enough pixels. Is your camera set to the highest size and quality?

Phyllis Beiser

9 Years Ago

If you have a close up or macro setting on the camera, that will help along with photographing outside.

Mary Ellen Anderson

9 Years Ago

I use a inexpensive epson scanner ($200) and stitching software to digitize my paintings. There are situations where photography is required or works better, but in general scans are much much better.
--mary ellen anderson

Kim Bird

9 Years Ago

photo lights on either side of your painting. camera on a tripod. check/change white balance settings on the camera until you get it right. set camera to maximum size image.

http://www.artistsandillustrators.co.uk/how-to/marketing-your-art/708/how-to-photograph-your-artwork

Judy Kay

9 Years Ago

Phyllis, the first time I have ever seen anyone suggest a "macro" setting for photographing artwork...Works for you...Your images look great..Do you use any special setting ?

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