This video provides a comprehensive look at how to photograph your 2D & 3D artwork, showing common problems and with practical techniques to achieve photos that will accurately represent your artwork. Having high quality photos of your artwork is more important today than ever: you need photos of your artwork for your website, social media, applying to art schools, and for students doing remote learning during the pandemic. Discussion led by Art Prof Clara Lieu.
Video Walkthrough
Photographing 2D artwork
- “Artists live and die by their photographs.”
- DSLR vs. Smart Phone
- Photoshop
- Natural light vs. Lighting equipment
- Wearable art: Portfolio vs. Social Media
- Brightness
- Color balance
- Character Design sheet layout
- Slides
- Printmaking images
- Detail shots for 2D artwork
Photographing 3D artwork
- Backdrops for 3D artwork
- Cropping
- Your point of view
- Lighting
- Set up view, camera view
- Reflected light
- Photo editing process
- Using videos
- Layout & showing multiple views
- Detail shots for 3D artwork
- How to show scale
Equipment
- Magnus VT-300 Video Tripod with Fluid Head
- Impact Tungsten Two-Floodlight Kit with 6′ Stands
- Neewer (2) 33″ 83cm Photography Studio Flash Translucent White soft Umbrella
- Eiko ECT 120V 500 Watt Inside Frosted Photoflood Lamp Bulb
- Canon EOS Rebel T6 Digital SLR Camera
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