lighting for oil painting to be photographed

[Lizhempstead]

can any one help me photograph my shiny oilpaintings with adigital camera, i
have no other eqiupement. they lose colour and are awful!!

[David Meiland]

lizhem...@aol.com (Lizhempstead) wrote:

>can any one help me photograph my shiny oilpaintings with adigital camera, i
>have no other eqiupement. they lose colour and are awful!!

You need the right setup for this. The way to get good results is to
use tungsten lights in a copystand configuration with polarizing gels
over them, a polarizer on your lens, and good pro transparency film,
or maybe a digicam.
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David Meiland
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[Chronos]

What kind of camera are you using. Some have the option of setting what
type of light you are using.

[Laren Miracle]

Usualy having at least two lights, one on each side is used.
Some copy tables use four, two on the left and two on the right.

These lights need to be placed at a 45 degree angle so none of the
light reflects off the artwork creating a hot spot.

They need to be placed evenly around the artwork so that the light is
even.

Regular light bulbs can be used if the proper filter is on the lens.

Another way to do it in a pinch would be to take it out into the sun.
Place the artwork so it is squre to the lens, and so the sun is to
your back, and your shadow is just off to one side of the artwork.

Taking the photo outside on a over cast day would work even better.

Try a few things with a test roll.

My own personal experiance is that if the artwork is like a sketch on
a white background, overexpose a stop or two.

Larr

On 23 Feb 2002 23:58:27 GMT, lizhem...@aol.com (Lizhempstead)
wrote:

[stanheid]

You can buy softlight (work lights ) at any hardware store. Then put daylight
balanced bulbs from a photo store. Instant lighting. Use tracing paper for a
filter to soften then light ( not to close the bulbs get hot!!!). The place them
at 45 degree angles and shoot. With a digital camera you can easily adjust the
lights to remove hotspots. Or simply lay them down on the ground at high noon and
shoot away. The worlight have clip on clamps so they are easy to use. This is a
cheap way of doing it.
Stan
Visual Arts Photography

[Robert Monaghan]

see http://people.smu.edu/rmonagha/mf/art.html

hth bobm
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[R. Michael Walker]

A REAL Cheap way of doing it is to use Daylight and a Polarizing filter. If
you get a lot of glare shoot in Shade and use either warming filters to
counteract the blue cast of the shade or switch to Neg film and color
correct the print. I ALWAYS shoot a color bars (OK I shot a lot of video as
well and have these available) to help in correcting. Print them first and
use the same color pack to print the art copies. And remember some pigments
used by artist are non-repro (Won't EVER reproduce properly on film).
Mike

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