reducing glare on an oil painting

[Jeffrey Novick]

Use a polarizing filter to reduce glare. You will have to adjust your f/stop to
compensate for the filtration, about 1 1/2 stops. You should also try and
diffuse your lights so the 'hotness' doesn't reflect so much off the shiny
oils. You can use things like tracing paper, thin, white fabric like nylon.
Make sure what you use doesn't have any color in it or it will give a cast to
the photos. You can also use Rosco diffusing gels. You can buy them in a local
photo supply house.

Jeff

ben grosser wrote:

> I've been shooting my oil paintings for the last week, and I've run into a
> problem I can't seem to get around. The space I'm shooting in is about 9'
> wide, and I'm placing my paintings against the wall, with the lights (3200k,
> 500w, quartz tungsten) set as close to 45 degrees from painting center as
> possible. I have a couple glossy large paintings (4' wide) that are just
> showing too much glare from the lights. I'm sure if I could spread the
> lights out another few feet in each direction that the glare would go away,
> but that isn't an option in this setup. I don't even have another space in
> my house to do this.
>
> Is there any way to get rid of glare other than to get the light at a more
> drastic angle? a filter, gel, anything?
>
> thanks,
>
> ben

[Al]

Try taking the painting out side (best time is when the sky is over cast or
early morning )

Al
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[ele...@home.com]

If you are having problems with reflections, outside is the worst place
to make the copies. Outside, light is striking the painting from all
angles. As a result, there will be reflections in all directions. To
minimize reflections, you have to carefully position the lights. To
eliminate reflections, you have to use polarizers over the lights and a
polarizer over the lens.

Ray

Al <se...@hotmail.com> wrote:
: Try taking the painting out side (best time is when the sky is over cast or
: early morning )

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[Brad Mitchell]

For a good description of cross-polarization techniques, find a copy of
"Beyond Basics", by George Lepp.

Brad Mitchell
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