Comments on: How to Photograph Artwork (8 Essential Tips)

By: Gina Watkins

Gina Watkins — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 23:26:02 +0000

Do you have any tips on making sure the camera is on the same plane as the painting, meaning it is perfectly parallel to the painting so the camera is pointing exactly perpendicular to it?

Also, I’m going to buy a prime lens 90mm to 150mm and I don’t know exactly which one to get. I will be shooting up to about 6ft x 6ft and don’t want to have to be too far away, maybe maximum 12ft away. Any recommendations?

Thanks!!

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By: Glenn Harper

Glenn Harper — Mon, 30 Dec 2019 12:59:55 +0000

In reply to Alexandros Christodoulopoulos.

You could probably teach me a thing or two! I can imagine artists being
demanding clients with their particular vision and inherent powers of
observation.

By: Glenn Harper

Glenn Harper — Mon, 30 Dec 2019 12:47:11 +0000

In reply to Matthew Potter. Thanks, Matthew. I enjoy photographing art even if it's nothing more than copy work, since the technical challenges appeal to me. That said, my camera's poor AWB introduces more work than should be necessary. Indoor photos tend to lean towards cold and slightly green.

By: Glenn Harper

Glenn Harper — Mon, 30 Dec 2019 12:31:49 +0000

In reply to Exidia Jones. I hope some of the tips turn out to be useful! LED lighting is fairly predictable in that it's almost always relatively weak at displaying reds and cyans regardless of its nominal color temperature. Sometimes the weak reds are addressed by manufacturers in display lighting, but mostly not. That's the type of thing you can improve with custom profiles. This problem is demonstrated very well on this page (search for "nice blue dress".)

By: PDL

PDL — Sat, 21 Dec 2019 17:28:14 +0000

The latest version of X-Rite colorchecker Camera Calibration v 2.0.1 allows for the creation of ICC profiles from TIFF shots of the Color Checker targets. The inclusion of creating ICC profiles for different lighting conditions has been a huge benefit for me using Capture One for my primary RAW converter. ICC profiles will work with nearly all photo processing software packages. It solves many issues with canned camera/lens profiles that just don’t make the grade.

By: Exidia Jones

Exidia Jones — Sat, 21 Dec 2019 05:58:38 +0000

Just to say you may have saved my sanity. I take photographs for a local museum (I’m a keen amateur) and have encountered many problems with colour/white balance. I will be trying many of your suggestions at the next session. Thank you so much for this article.

By: Alexandros Christodoulopoulos

Alexandros Christodoulopoulos — Fri, 20 Dec 2019 16:19:41 +0000

Great article Glenn. As an art photographer, I usually have problems photographing artworks of a living artist and then present my photos to the him. Artists tend to have a different view of how their work is best presented in a photo. That makes my job a little more difficult than usual. But again, I can’t blaim them, it’s their work. Thank you for your nice article.

By: Matthew Potter

Matthew Potter — Fri, 20 Dec 2019 09:39:51 +0000

I attended a Rembrandt show at the Denver Art Museum a couple years back. I took photos of every piece exhibited. These were primarily original sketches showing the process involved in making prints, but they were Rembrandts nonetheless. My purpose in shooting them was for further study, to see how the master used light in his work so I could learn better how to use it in mine. I do a great deal of work in churches and shoot works of art – statues, paintings, mosaics, stained glass – for use in publications. It’s always a challenge to do justice to the artist, but it is gratifying beyond description when it works well.

Nice article. Very helpful.