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I haven't been properly documenting my work over the years. Now that I'm setting up my
portfolio for the job hunt I've started by gathering everything into a huge pile. It was pretty easy to find most of my student work and freelance stuff, but my newer independent art and my fabric work is scattered and needs to be photographed properly. Its that
properly* that gets me. I have lots to learn about lighting and studio shoots
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I plan to start with the memorial stones project so I'm refining some of the setup pieces now.
I'm changing to a circular sand tray lined with screening to make changing the stones easier between shoots.
Anyone know of any good photo lighting tutorials on the intrwbz?
Off to Google I go...
*I am a harsh taskmistress sometimes
23 Sandy Gallery posted a 3 part tutorial about photographing art for juried competitions, here's the link to Part 1
ReplyDeletehttp://23sandy.com/works/blog-postings/photographing-your-artist-books-part-i link to part 2
http://23sandy.com/works/blog-postings/photographing-your-artist-books-part-ii
part 3
http://23sandy.com/works/blog-postings/photographing-your-artist-books-part-iii
I recently heard a talk in which a gentleman who curates exhibits cautioned that many good works are passed over for want of good photography. His recommendation was to get a professional photographer (preferably someone who specializes in art) to create a portfolio. That's gotta be pretty pricey though ...
ReplyDeletethanks Mo I will check that out!
ReplyDeletehi Liz i'm not in a position to hire someone right now but I may be able to find some Pro photographers to advise me through the local photo club...