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Hi all, just wandered if some of the pure watercolor lovers went to the exhibition
at Windrush house in October, it,s where the late James.F.Watson lived but i
believe his daughter has moved back in with her mother and are holding
exhibition,s for the Pure Watercolor Society. There were many big names who
had there paintings there, to name but a few were, James F. Watson,
Edward Wesson, David Curtis, Robert Wade, Winston Oh and many others also one that would have gone down with Thea, Judi Whitton? i would have loved to have gone but it just was,ent possible at the time. I am curious to know if they are planing to do tis every year. Regards Harry.
P.S. It was advertised in both art mag,s.
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I use a medium quality digital camera, I put paintings on the floor in a good light ( day light , avoid bright sun) .<div>Cos I'm small I use a low stool I stand over pic take shot on "intelligent" mode I take several shots of same pic from different heights..also use zoom.<div> Transfer to P C and into Picassa a freebie with Google . </div><div><div> Decide which are best,tweak colour, light ,darks and crop where needed. <div>Follow instructions for putting onto gallery and can honestly say I have never had a problem. </div><div>Hope you have more success in the future.
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That is more or less my routine as well, for basic tweaking picasa is perfectly adequate. However I need a good quality image of one of my paintings so a photographer friend of mine, (who won Digital Photography's photographer of the Year last year) is coming round to do a proper shoot this week, be interesting to see what tips she has.
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This also depends on the size and medium/support you have used. With my watercolour which are less than A4 I simply scan them to my computer. The scan may need a little contrasting or colour correction here and there but normally very little is needed to be done.
I have tried as much as you to get a good photo with my camera, the flash washes everything out and without even in a bright light the result is still somewhat dull. Maybe I need to check the settings for the white balance on the camera next time. But as mentioned my scanning works well for watercolours. :-D
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If you are experiencing problems with reflective highlights when photographing paintings then a polarizing filter will help. Also it isn't necessary to select sports mode to disable the flash on most cameras. Manual is the way to go, ensure you have the correct exposure and choose an aperture around f5.6 or f8 which should help avoid diffraction problems on todays high MegaPixel sensors. Also use a tripod and ensure you are absolutely square to the picture.