Is this YOU?
YOU HAVE ARTWORK for which you need to create a DIGITAL IMAGE file …
- for DISPLAY ONLINE?
- to SELL PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS of your artwork online?
- to PRESERVE A DIGITAL RECORD of your artwork in the event your art pieces are STOLEN, LOST, DAMAGED, OR DESTROYED?
Then you NEED …
A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER who will come to YOUR STUDIO and …
- Set up even, color-calibrated studio lighting over your artwork.
- Adjust the lighting direction so that glare and reflections are minimized, ensuring a distraction-free look of your artwork.
- Ensure my camera equipment is stabilized to prevent distortion or blur or your artwork image due to camera shake or movement.
- Take a reading of as-is light for later correction of the digital image of your artwork for induced color.
A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER who will post-process the images of your artwork …
- Straighten the images of your artwork in post-processing software.
- Correctly crop the images of your artwork in post-processing software.
- Adjust exposure and tonality of the images of your artwork in post-processing software.
A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER who will DELIVER the images of your artwork …
- Deliver a SECURE DIGITAL CARD of the image files of your artwork, processed to the resolutions and pixel dimensions appropriate for your intended use.
I am a PROFESSIONAL photographer who can fulfill your digital image needs for your artwork so you can get back to what you really love – Making Your Art!
Contact me for a FREE artwork photography consultation.
About Photographic Images of Real Artwork
Reflected Light versus Projected Light
I will make every effort to photograph your artwork accurately and in detail. However, the appearance of an artwork viewed in real life will differ from its appearance as viewed as an image on a monitor. A real life object reflects light off of its surface; an image on a monitor projects light from the thousands of lit pixels on the monitor screen. The effect is that the projected image may appear more brilliantly than the physical artwork.
Color
As to color, I adjust the images to neutralize any distortion of color due to the color in the light source reflected onto the artwork. I adjust white balance. I do not adjust individual colors, only the artificial color cast caused by the physical lighting of the artwork.
Screens
Note also that I cannot guarantee every computer monitor screen will accurately depict the actual color of the piece. You must calibrated your monitor screen to insure that its color representation is accurate. I color calibrate my monitor screens using the X-Rite Eye-One Display 2 Professional Monitor Calibration System.
Artwork in this page’s header ©Charles Showalter
