Have you ever tried to photograph an old photo or painting? What this is called is making a “Copy Print”. The idea is simple, you take a picture of a picture or art work that you can reproduce. But many people run into issues that are easily avoidable.
One major issue is that a lot of photographers try and use their flash. What ends up happening is a large reflect shows up on the image making it not the best representation of the original.
Here are my tips. If the photo or art is behind glass, do not photograph it until you remove it from its frame or glass. The key to a good copy print is natural even light while making sure all of your lines and angles are straight. If you are off one way or the other or your leaning or tilting the camera the final image will not be flush.
If you do not have studio lights don’t be afraid to go shoot outside under natural light. You should have no problem getting nice even lighting at any point during the day. Be sure to shoot RAW so you can better match the original photo or painting.
As you will see in the video I choose to stand on a ladder to photograph a larger piece of art. This is a good alternative if you do not have an easel or copy stand.
This is a great quick tip for saving your old photographs and art work. It is great to have archive your old photos and artwork for future use.
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"Boom beautiful." You talking to me?
4:35 did you loose your gum
what if I don't have a long lens?
what if I have all my art framed with glass, I still get flash or with out flash reflections any suggestions about photographing art framed? Thanks
Hey I draw with pencil and I do shading. So I need to know can I do prints? Because I've only seen photographs and paintings in prints.
what a considerate postman
I loved the 2nd girl. she turned to look to see who who you were talking to. probably thinking "WTH is this weirdo doing?"
Mmm I think a scanner for those sizes would be perfect wouldn't it? I would use a camera for bigger peaces of art
what you are seeing is the video capture device attached to the top top of the camera not the actual lens view. He is cropping as close as possible with the actual camera he is capturing the image with.
for a painting that small, why not use a fucking scanner?
1:13 – WHAT'S THE PASSWORD? OKAY, YOU'RE GOOD, COME ON IN….
isn't it good to use a tripod for this
Do you think it's okay to crop just so you can use a square format in everyday shooting? I doubt every picture would be square, but I think it would mix things up. Horizontal, vertical, square.
" hey look there are horseys going by"
respect to the mailman.
he didn't walk in front of the camera 🙂
hey look there's a horsie comin by!~
thank you
Forget the photography snobs, man! This video is a lifesaver! I'm gonna have to get a better secondhand digital camera to shoot my art with – my scanner isn't reproducing my greens properly so I must photograph. Appreciate the concise advice!
Jared great video! Here is a topic people keep asking me about.How to print your work after shooting cheaply? or The ink is too expensive? or where do I go for prints?…………..Thanx
I like this first person shooter (quite literally) camera thing!
Bright daylight – ISO, keep it down low! Im gonna go pro bro!
I honestly dont think it matters.
A video of something I've been wondering about for a while!
Lol, the girl at 3:43 🙂
Lol…You said Beautiful, right as the girl came up to the door. Lmao…
Why is this the only time you crop? I always hear shoot loose especially if not sure what aspect ratio you will use.
No, it's a sample of the blue stuff!
did u put your bubble gum in the pizza box? xD 4:33
Best part was the girl being creeped out by what was going on, made my day.
Jared watches Breaking Bad!
Nikkor 24-70 2.8
Good tips. I dont know what was going on to your righrt Jared but they dont just open the door for anybody.
you have a nice mailman 🙂
Who are you responding to? You can't be responding to what I said because you worded your response as though your initial comment was aimed at me. And obviously what I said was about you saying to fix distortion using software, I was not talking about your suggestion of using a polarizer
The girl with the sunglasses @ 3.44 is totally checking you out…
What brand and model lens did you use here?
I heard Lil when Jared said, "That's very nice", @ 2:11 referring to the horsies!
I say keep it pitch black when you take a picture of your art and make the exposer really slow
Fro, you are funny. The Horses.
You can get a "copy stand". A base with lights designed for it.
The girl in the red shirt toward the end was checking you out.. hehehe.
horses 😀
HORSEYS!
What flavor gum was that on the pizza box?
Thanx for the quick reply, ThechGuy.
it's a contour HD camera, sorry to answer for Jared, but I like these and have sold them before.
Thanx Jarid. But what vidcam are using on the hotshoe? Seems very usefull.
you watch breaking bad, fro?
1080th video!!!
Jaredpolinfroknowwwsphotowwww epic
Why does the mail slot keep opening in the door to your right? Looks like a drug dealer's place.