[Discussion] Photographing Art - What Are Your Tips?
An ongoing pain point for me is photographing my work for web and print purposes. I find that I constantly question the outcome, and really struggle to make the images match the depth and energy of the actual painting. It always looks so flat to me.
I’m using a DLSR and Krita to edit. It’s not a tools problem, it’s a me problem. I’d love to know your best hacks for things like not catching (or editing out) too much glare against the tooth of the canvas, etc.
It looks like I can’t attach photos to this post as an example, but you’d notice that my full shots tend to look more washed out than the close up shots from the same photo sessions. The close ups are more true to color saturation, I think, because I can angle off to the side and miss the glare. I’ve tried different lighting arrangements, though, and can’t seem to find one where editing out some glare isn’t needed.