Wednesday, December 28, 2005,9:52 PM
How to shoot paintings
This is not for professionals. This framed picture is taken with my niece's 6600 camera phone.8 am, direct sunlight. a bit too early as my niece had to leave for work, I was surprised with the result, its pretty good. Picture was taken in 1980 Darjeeling. I still remember her name, Rita sweet girl she was. 9 to 10 am would be perfect. please place your paintings on the floor. I took the picture to the terrace. your position is opposite the sun, I mean you are facing the sun, even if you bend, your shadow will not fall on the painting. Your toes are a couple of inches away from the painting. Place the camera right above the painting. Please check the edges, and see that the frame is straight. In the above picture the frame is not straight. Now please move the camera back and forth till you fill your camera frame with the painting. If you move little above you'll get your toes in the frame, avoid the toes and click. Direct straight flash kills the texture.Morning sun brings out the texture well and so is evening sun. This is for your own paintings and not for the paintings on the wall or the gallery. Paintings or artifacts in the gallery have to be shot with the existing light without flash. Please take permission first. Your camera could be confiscated.This picture is taken with a 4MP olympus.
Daylight Again
posted by rauf
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Intersting..Though I found the technique after clicking all my paintings (so in most of them u can see one or the other shadow)but still never thought I should apply it all the paintings..This one was an educative blog..Looking to more :-)
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Sangita
they are beautiful
please put them on your blog.
I have removed the word verification thing
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that last picture looks like an old school oil lamp.... is it? its very beautiful....
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Caralyn, this picture was taken in
Ummaid palace, Jodhpur Rajasthan.
This is ornamental vessels. I don't know what it was used for.
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Thanks again. I am learning more from these blogs than from the 100 page manual that came with my camera!
And I took a picture of a picture which of course has my reflection in it, so I will try your technique, when it stops raining, probably at the end of March!
I have also discovered the macro button thanks to your expert guidance...since I am fascinated with the small I will be found crawling around outside, in March, looking for bugs, lichen flowers and tiny clams and crabs at the beach down the hill.
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Thank you Barbara,
Please buy two sets of chargable batteries. Digital cameras drink a lot. Actually its the screen which drinks a lot of power, please turn it off if you have the option, and turn it on when when focussing. please hold the camera still for a couple of seconds longer after clicking. Some cameras have a lag.
Waiting eagerly for the results of your wonderful imagination Barbara.
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Intersting..Though I found the technique after clicking all my paintings (so in most of them u can see one or the other shadow)but still never thought I should apply it all the paintings..This one was an educative blog..Looking to more :-)