The Quick & Easy Guide to Photographing Your Artwork
by Roger Saddington
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Author: Roger SaddingtonEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-05-08
ISBN: 1581802838
Number of pages: 112
Publisher: North Light Books
Book Reviews of The Quick & Easy Guide to Photographing Your Artwork
Book Review: Great Visual Reference ... Too General with Information
Summary: 2 Stars
This is a decent book on photographing artwork -- but not the the most comprehensive. The strengths of this book are that Mr. Saddington (1) discusses the use digital media, and (2) makes the process of photographing artwork very user-friendly by providing great visual references throughout. The user-friendly aspect is the book's strongest selling point, especially for artists who are new or novices at photography, or visually oriented (i.e., no patience for reading instructions that come with few or no pictures). Mr. Saddington's book provides pictures of what makes a bad negative exposure/photograph, and provides a concise explanation for these results, and does the same for an example of a good negative exposure/photograph. He also provides illustrations of setting up equipment and artwork for photographing. The weakness of this book lies in the general details provided ... unfortunately, Mr. Saddington provides a limited amount of helpful hints and leaves out specific details for for problem shooting ... I base this opinion on my comparison of this book with a book called "Photographing Your Artwork" by Russell Hart. If you buy Mr. Saddington's book, I'd recommend supplementing it with the purchase of Mr. Hart's book. The two books complement each other. Where Mr. Saddington's book lacks in details, Mr. Hart's book fills in the information gaps. On the other hand, Mr. Hart's book is very text heavy and has very few illustrations ... so if you're a visually-oriented person, Mr. Saddington's book would easily compensate in the area of illustrating this very important process. Again, Mr. Saddington's book is decent, but it should be used as a supplemental reference, especially for the visually-oriented person.
Summary of The Quick & Easy Guide to Photographing Your Artwork
Shoot your work like a pro!Whether you're entering your paintings in an art show, compiling your portfolio or simply documenting your art, you need flawless pictures of your work. But how do you get professional slides without buying expensive equipment or paying a photographer?
With The Quick & Easy Guide to Photographing Your Artwork, you'll learn how to use materials you already own to produce quality slides of your art. Photographer, artist and teacher Roger Saddington shows you:
- What kind of camera, light and film to use for optimum results
- How to capture the nature of your work, whether it's two- or three-dimensional or has other unique qualities
- The best way to set up a studio
- How to avoid common problems such as poor framing, camera shake, glare, color casts and more!
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