Comment on Misty Mountain Range by scenesbycolleen
Ah, that's funny; I think I'm not that good at that part but I'm working on it!
I have a canon um... just a sec... "Canon EOS Rebel T6" that I take pictures with. I try various settings, locations, etc. I know you're "supposed to" take pictures outside in "natural light" (but "not direct light")... but that's never worked well for me - either I get the color wrong or it's blurry because it's too dark or I have to take it at an angle. One of my pictures that captured the painting best was indoors, to the side, and with the flash on! Paintings with very dark backgrounds (many of my paintings) have that problem; I think I've had the best luck with those if they're up against a white wall and there's enough of that white wall in the frame to provide contrast. My light is one of those bright photo lamps with the box over them - but I don't shine it directly on the painting - that's been the hardest part, figuring out where the light goes so I don't have "sparkly" bits on the painting but it isn't blurry/weird either. Mostly, I just keep taking pictures at different angles and locations until I'm happy with the color matching, and then fix whatever skew there is (though I try not to have too much) with a free photo editing software (GNU Image Manipulation Program - or "GIMP" - is what I'm using at the moment). Hm, sorry I'm not as helpful with that part; I'm still trying to figure it out myself.
I have a canon um... just a sec... "Canon EOS Rebel T6" that I take pictures with. I try various settings, locations, etc. I know you're "supposed to" take pictures outside in "natural light" (but "not direct light")... but that's never worked well for me - either I get the color wrong or it's blurry because it's too dark or I have to take it at an angle. One of my pictures that captured the painting best was indoors, to the side, and with the flash on! Paintings with very dark backgrounds (many of my paintings) have that problem; I think I've had the best luck with those if they're up against a white wall and there's enough of that white wall in the frame to provide contrast. My light is one of those bright photo lamps with the box over them - but I don't shine it directly on the painting - that's been the hardest part, figuring out where the light goes so I don't have "sparkly" bits on the painting but it isn't blurry/weird either. Mostly, I just keep taking pictures at different angles and locations until I'm happy with the color matching, and then fix whatever skew there is (though I try not to have too much) with a free photo editing software (GNU Image Manipulation Program - or "GIMP" - is what I'm using at the moment). Hm, sorry I'm not as helpful with that part; I'm still trying to figure it out myself.
Hm, interesting, and first of all: Thank you 
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Maybe I could try out flashlight, too - until now I tried to avoid that because "one should not use flashlight" and all that stuff. Actually - I do not really have a good possibility to photograph my pictures outside...
I'll see. Hopefully I do find a good solution for that - I think I want to get "larger" with my paintings/drawings one day. And scanning them would not be a good option then, especially for canvas. I do get A3 paper scanned on an A4 scanner (scanning in 4 parts), but that's quite some work, too.
Um - another question: which "lens/objective" are you using? I sometimes think that might be a reasons for me having lens distortions...
.Maybe I could try out flashlight, too - until now I tried to avoid that because "one should not use flashlight" and all that stuff. Actually - I do not really have a good possibility to photograph my pictures outside...
I'll see
. Hopefully I do find a good solution for that - I think I want to get "larger" with my paintings/drawings one day. And scanning them would not be a good option then, especially for canvas. I do get A3 paper scanned on an A4 scanner (scanning in 4 parts), but that's quite some work, too.Um - another question: which "lens/objective" are you using? I sometimes think that might be a reasons for me having lens distortions...
Good luck! I'd love to hear if you come up with a good solution.
How large are your paintings usually?
Hm, I'll have to look up which lens/objective I'm using; I don't think it's anything fancy, just the "normal" one that came with it. I'll check that out when I'm at home later
How large are your paintings usually?
Hm, I'll have to look up which lens/objective I'm using; I don't think it's anything fancy, just the "normal" one that came with it. I'll check that out when I'm at home later
Thank you - I will see when I get to the next canvas-painting .
Well, they tend to stay inside of A4, mainly because I can scan that size without problems. Often they are smaller.
But - that mostly goes for drawings/paintings on paper. I recognized that I might want to get bigger with paintings on canvas (and on some with paper, too). Yet, my largest still is within A4.
No hurry with that
. Just out of interest, maybe it helps me to know that...
.Well, they tend to stay inside of A4, mainly because I can scan that size without problems. Often they are smaller.
But - that mostly goes for drawings/paintings on paper. I recognized that I might want to get bigger with paintings on canvas (and on some with paper, too). Yet, my largest still is within A4.
No hurry with that
. Just out of interest, maybe it helps me to know that...