9 Years Ago

Camera Purchase Advise For Fine Art Printing?

I am new to FAA and joined March 29. The last seven days has been a fun blast for me taking new everyday life photos with a few of my paintings (photos of my artwork) thrown into the mix. I think I have discovered a new potential problem. I may have gone too fast for my own excitement. My photos were taken with my smart phone. Fun & fast but I realize now with online researching that my photos may look great on computer but I fear they will be "poor" or terrible quality if printed?? To that extent I'm almost glad I have not had a sale as maybe the end product result could cause a buyer to want to refund a purchase do to poor image quality, even if original image upfront looks fantastic???

So should I delete some of photos on my homepage now?? And start over with better pic with new camera??

And finally, any ideas on a great new "budget beginners" DSLR camera or whatever I could purchase so I don't feel embarrassed trying to sell fine art prints with smartphone camera??

I am sorry this is a loaded and multi-questioned inquiry.

But suddenly I realized I need help and advice from this wonderful board since so many of you have the experience.

Thank you in advance for any input to steer me into a better direction! :)

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Joseph C Hinson

9 Years Ago

Any DSLR you buy will be fine for this site.Some of my stuff was shot with a Canon 300D Rebel, which was one of the dirst DSLRs on the market 12 years ago. They've only got better since then.

Some of your photographs already on your site looks like they could use some post processing.

Now that I look closer, it looks like they were all taken with a smart phone. Yes, I see where you said this. But what I mean is that they LOOK like they were taken with a smart phone.

EDIT -- I looked at your pricing wrong. Never mind that rant.

Mike Savad

9 Years Ago

unless you plan to use the camera for other things, or the images are really huge, i would get a scanner. using a slr, which will get you the best quality - is not just an investment money, but it has a learning curve as well. after you shoot it, you still need to tweak it later.

---Mike Savad
MikeSavad.com

Grigorios Moraitis

9 Years Ago

Any entry level dslr from nikon or canon with a 50mm 1.8 standard lens will give you professional results for art prints. Of course you have first to read some tutorials on how to photograph art and practice.

James Machado

9 Years Ago

Thank you! Already helps. A couple of my paintings ~ I actually scanned them themselves on my wireless scanner/printer and I did enjoy the results (but not realizing anything at the time in terms of "prints" potential).

My smartphone is iPhone5.

As for sales, I have no complaints as I'm just seven days here & never expected anything knowing it could take months or more for sales to arrive. just having fun and really enjoying the community and comments from others.

I will have to get back to tweaking and changing stuff now and perhaps removing some my pictures. I don't mind doing this especially if replace with new camera photos down the road.

I may have to rethink the License aspects....it does seem crazy to try and sell a large print and undermine myself by allowing licensing that's cheaper & benefits the buyer way more???

On a side note analysis, Is my pricing, composition & style suitable??? Even if my work did not sell, is it acceptable aside from an artistic standpoint (assuming it was taken with better camera for selling prints) ???

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