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Lee Farmer

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Hi all any advice on the best way of taking photos of a finished painting. Thanks in advance for any help you can give.

Stuart Fraser

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Hi. Contrary to many beliefs you can get excellent results using your own digital cameras and simple lighting. I have just gone through a project recently to get my images online and for printing. I documented the whole process in a detailed online article that covers the main points of lighting, photographic camera settings and post prrocessing. Although it covers a bit more than that it should be of great help to you see the detailed project here. I f you are not creating prints you can also use a good compact camera if neccessary.
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Michael Edwards

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Well I use a digital camera and simply place the painting flat on the floor - mind you I usually have to crop the photo to stop my feet becoming a feature. I find little difference between taking the photo in the studio under fluorescent light or in the garden under either full sun or a cloud diffused sky. Sometimes, but not always, I use Picasa to adjust the image to get as close as I can to the original.

Jenny Harris

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I'd also definitely recommend an iPad - mine takes a far superior photo to my digital camera and the resultant photo can easily be cropped. As Syd says, it doesn't necessarily need sunshine, although I usually take mine indoors under a spotlight for brightest colours.

Jenny Harris

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Forgot to add that it's extremely simple to upload photos from the iPad to sites such as this - it takes just takes seconds and there's no need to first reduce the size of the image as you often have to with a digital camera once you've uploaded it to your PC. Haven't looked back since purchasing my iPad, wouldn't be without it now!