To all who commented -- I am very grateful. Great feedback, most helpful. Jostein --Great trick, using the floor... and you have inspired me to ask about who's doing the printing...
Godfrey -- yes, the "KISS" principle, one to live by. And I appreciate your thoughts on rights & billing. Sounds like the right way to go. Mark -- Good point, they are somewhat 3-d, some more so than others... John -- I am dealing with the artists, so they do own the work. Another nudge to make sure I speak with the printing person... thanks. David -- Yes, that is the gist of what I had previously read about WFH.. the call has been placed to the attorney... :) Mark C -- Thanks -- I hope I end up enjoying this job, too! :) Anthony -- brilliant idea about the mirror! Bruce -- good to know there is always hope in post. :) Again, thanks to all!!! -c On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 4:25 PM, AlunFoto <alunf...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Christine, > I'm working on a project to record the works of my great granddad, to > be represented in an exhibition in Lofoten in June. It's as Peter > says, colour is critical. I use a grey card thingy from Lastolite to > shoot a reference shot, and then adjust WB in post. According to the > printer guy it works pretty well. He also appreciates that I use > ProPhotoRGB in Lightroom for my colour space, and says it gives him > the latitude he needs. > > I believe the K-5 would suffice for most paintings. It depends on > their size, really. In my case all the reproductions will be in 1:1, > so I guess anything over two square meters of canvas could deserve a > stitchup of two or more shots. For my own part I use the 645D since I > can, but I would have got by with K-5. > > My usual "trick" for lighting is to place the paintings on the floor > and position the camera perpendicularly above on a tall tripod. If > possible I do it in a room with a white-painted ceiling to bounce a > flash off. It works pretty well in most cases. Avoid having other > bright light sources around if you can. > > I bought my edition of "Light; Science and magic" in 1989. Possibly my > best photographic investment, even though -or perhaps because- I > mostly use ambient light. :-) > > best, > Jostein > > -- > http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ > http://alunfoto.blogspot.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
