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About Lawrence Marshall
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Can answer questions about many areas.Portaiture,Glamour,Landscapes,Live rock bands, Publicty, Editorial and Fine Art Photography. B&W exposure,processing and printing and the materials involved.Toning and dying B&W materials,especially the Colorvir process.Using High contrast ortho film.Intaglio printmaking.Presentation of Photographs.Exhibiting Photography.Photographing Paintings and other two dimensional Art.
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Thirty years experience. Freelance work in Editorial,Publicity, Portraiture,Landscape,Rock and Roll, Weddings in 6x6 and 35mm. Black and white processing, printing and toning.Intaglio printing and the Colorvir system of toners and dyes for B&W prints.
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Western Australian College of Teaching. Saatchi Gallery (London). Art Gallery Australia.
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Western Review
Education/Credentials
Certificate in Photography. Bachelor of Arts Degree,Diploma in Education.Giving regular One day Workshops in Photography in Western Australia. Various seminars in film-based Photography.Registered and practising Secondary teacher
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You are here: Experts > Arts/Humanities > Visual Arts > Photography > Photo from painting
Expert: Lawrence Marshall - 11/3/2009
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QUESTION: Hi
Recently I’ve been asked to take photo from some paintings. (The artist is one of my friends)
I’m an amateur photographer; I have some background information and constantly reading through references but never see any recommendation or tip fore such a job.
I know it is not a common experience like wedding or portrait photography but I appreciate if you could give me some ideas about the needed equipment and tricks.
With the bests
Payman
ANSWER: Hi there,
I'm assuming you mean photographing a painting.
Its best to do it indoors with lights on the painting. You need to get the lighting even across the whole painting. Check it with your light meter and a grey card.
You should also use a standard 50mm lens, otherwise there will be distortion problems. The camera should be parallel to the surface of the art also. If its a miniature painting or even as small as A4, you should take care with distortion.Check the edges of the art especially vertical edges and be sure they are vertical.
For other tips on photography, please visit my website http://lawrtencemarshall34.googlepages.com/tipsonbetterphotography
regards,
Lawrence Marshall
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QUESTION: Thank you so much
Also could you help me with following issues
1- The link you sent me ends to this error
"The site you have requested could not be found. (404)"
could you pleas re-send it
2-For the distortion, I thought the telephotos has the least distorion. Am I right. Also whic softwares are normally used to remove the distortion effect?
Thanx again
Payman
Answer
Re Distortion. You need to get the image right in the camera.Use a 50mm lens if Photographing with Film or Digital SLR cameras.
I'll check the website link.Here it is again http://lawrencemarshall34.googlepages.com/tipsonbetterphotography
Regards,
Lawrence Marshall
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