How to photograph your artwork?
Lighting:
To photograph artwork, you should consider how to place the right lighting. Use neutral light, and note that warmer yellow light may alter the colour tone of your paint in the picture.
Do not utilize direct or harsh light sources that may reflect or cast shadows. Rather have two light sources shining from left and right without reflection than have one light source shining directly and reflecting on the artwork.
If you don’t have any other lighting options, daylight is often a wonderful choice. Make sure your artwork is evenly lit to ensure that there won’t be one part darker than the other.
Background:
Use a plain colour background, such as white, black, or gray, to focus on your artwork and prevent it from blending in with a colourful background. This will help you later, while editing get rid of the background in the image.
Camera stabilizer:
Using a tripod stabilizes your camera, resulting in sharper and higher-quality photographs without the need for hand shaking.
You can also steady it using books and other improvised items from home before taking a photograph by clicking on the photo duration, such as 3 or 5 seconds.
Camera and composition:
Position the camera parallel to your artwork. Aim to center your artwork. Make sure it’s horizontally and vertically centered and not crooked.
Align the edges of the artwork with the grid lines you enabled on your camera. Focus the camera and turn off any modes that may create a vignetting effect or blur the edges of the shot. The entire image should be sharp and clearly visible.
Tryout:
Experiment with various lighting, camera modes, and artwork positions. Try to find the best approach so that once you take the photo and begin editing it on your computer, you don’t have to edit it too much to make it seem as close to your original artwork as possible, taking into account colour, vibrancy, and not cutting off any parts of your artwork.
Editing:
GIMP is a good free image editing software.
Go to further instructions on how to edit your photograph:
