PREVIEW 5 MINUTE CLIP OF THIS VIDEO!
Taking good photographs of subjects or scenes you want to paint,
or of your own artwork after a painting is finished, can be a challenging,
time consuming & frustrating task. Doing the painting was hard
enough, but now comes yet another challenge: to take a photograph
that does not diminish the quality that you worked so hard to get
in the first place.
Which camera should you use to get the desired result (small format,
large
format, film, digital), how do you properly measure the light, which
exposure settings should you use, how do you eliminate glare?
These are just a few of the problems and questions that Scott's
video answers and explains in a clear and articulate manner. As
an artist who is frequently called on to submit photos & transparencies
for magazines articles, art competitions and exhibitions, Scott
knows, through experience, how to quickly take the best photos and
passes that knowledge and skill on to you in this excellent video.
"For the modern artist, Photography is just as essential a
skill as drawing and color, both in the creation of your art as
well as in its documentation and marketing. In this video, I hope
to give you the basic rundown of the various cameras at your disposal
and what uses a working artist has for each, both for gathering
reference material for your paintings as well photographing your
artwork for reproduction in prints, magazines, and for slide submission
to shows. Particular attention will be given to using a polarization
setup for eliminating glare on oil paintings and the use of a
4" by 5" view camera, 35mm, and digital camera to shoot your artwork."
-Scott Burdick
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