Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Shop Photos - round..... four? five?

Yeesh - I sure hope this fifth or sixth attempt at good photos of my art will be the one that finally works.

I'm also hoping that I can actually find a good spot to do my photos. Outdoors is tricky, especially if I'm photographing ACEOs and there's a sudden gust of wind. HA! Can you imagine me, chasing a little card all over my back yard....

For instance...I'm thinking that the ACEOs, which are almost all photographed like this:


need to be redone against a lighter colored wall. I mean, semi-yay for contrast but not really? :P

So I'm wondering, how many times have you had to photograph and rephotograph your items before you thought "Aha! This is perfect! Magazine cover material!"

5 comments:

  1. Magazine Cover material!!!!! What a laugh! Taking my photo's is the bane of my existence right after a sharp stick in the eye. You would think with a high dollar camera, a professional light box complete with professional lights I could get better pictures..maybe it's the tri-focals?

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  2. Its def tough finding good lighting and bgs for high quality pictures. I change mine multiple times sometimes just to get the perfect lighting. I'm glad you are having fun experimenting though!

    Cheers,
    Dana

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  3. Every time I think "now that's the best picture for this item" ... 2 weeks later I hate it and try all over again.

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  4. I am constantly trying to get the perfect photo. I think I spend way too much time taking the photo and then editing it for something that is just mediocre.

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  5. It is very hard for me to get enough lighting to take good pics of my paintings. I usually have to wait until it's very bright outside and take my paintings outside. Good luck :)

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