How Do I Avoid Glare When Photographing My Artwork?

[@markmark6938]

Turning it at an angle and matching the camera worked perfectly for me! Thanks!!!

[@GregOWastesHisLife]

Ohh the pencil trick! Love it

[@lisacupp7871]

Ah! Use matching lights!! 🙄 and a whole host of other fabulous tips, thank you!! I’m new and not good at this,, so your video is a huge help! Thank you Geoff George and Art Resin!

[@eRobb4]

The pencil against the wall thing was brilliant 👌👌

[@deesdavis7]

Amazing Geoff! I'm used to having my headshots done as an actress but taking pics of my paintings is totally different! Lol I appreciate the help!

[@ccsworldaustralia4332]

Thank you, it is very challenging for me, love Art Resin , and yes, reflections are a problem. Also i use my mobile for everything, wish i did have a good camera...cheers

[@larryholladay1362]

Look into using a polarizing filter. photographylife.com/definition/polarizing-filter You could buy a plastic polarizing filter sheet for about $5 and put it over your camera lens. Or buy a good glass polarizing filter for $40-80.

[@DFish111]

Great presentation from someone who's actually competent!

[@Artresin]

Glad you enjoyed it! Geoff is a great teacher.

[@BlackCat_2]

Very good tips! I have solved my problems so far by just taking photos outside and using my handheld camera just moving around the piece taking several different photos and then choosing the best one (or two etc.) My neighbors might wonder about my sanity though that I am outside so much taking multiple pictures of random things. :p - Heidi

[@TheBnelsonphoto]

Very practical and well explained. Brilliant idea of tilting the frame to avoid edge glare. Thank you! Helped me build a mental checklist for a shoot next week.

[@TheMrRatzz]

Love the pencil trick 😉

[@jarvis200608]

Great. Watched about eight tutorials. This is by far the most useful and compact. Thanks.

[@philipandrews5738]

A grey card would make the white balance portion way easier

[@marinasilluminations]

Thanks so much. That was great. You made it look easy.

[@artdimple91]

it's helpful.. thank u so much for sharing this info....

[@BrettRaney]

Brilliant Tutorial! I'm just wondering the make and model of the lights you're using in this video? Thanks so much Art Resin!

[@cathybana7264]

Awesome tips! Thank you! 😀

[@jackiemcdonaldmansfield9000]

That's great but I haven't got a lighting studio 😩😩

[@karengray5755]

Good info, but could you please do a video when using iPhone or iPad and not having a lighting system. Thanks

[@mrz1342]

Hi, I agree that is the best setup and much better than direct lighting through umbrella or soft-boxes from 45 degree sides+ clamshell from top and bottom. In my dark studio I tried this setup same as you but the light is not bouncing equally to the artwork (specially if it’s in large size) because strobe is circle shape and hitting the center of white flat. Then I tried shooting in large shade of sunny day- afternoon and the result was very good, clear and sharp with well accurate colours and all details; BUT not rich dynamic range as much as shooting in studio with LED. Natural light in this way makes the artwork some kind of pale! After that I decided to avoid stone flash and use continues LED light. If set from 4 sides, still the center of artwork is not illuminating as sides equally again! Finally, I had to manage my lighting setup by Flexible continuous LED with a unique design. How? With making a LED-wall in parallel of the artwork. In this way I can be sure that my artwork is illuminating by the lighting-wall corner to corner equally. That’s it. What do you think?

[@Artresin]

Thanks for the great insight!

[@dilliboirubirosa9638]

Don’t use a ball head, use a geared head. Don’t guess white balance, use a Colorchecker Passport and custom color profiles. Don’t use cheap zooms, use excellent prime lenses.

[@christopherfarrell-artist3557]

This is a problem for my larger paintings on aluminium and can be resolved, for me it takes a bit more effort. I normally take photographs of the same painting upright and upside down as my glare is usually on the top part of the painting. I then composite the best parts together in photoshop, which is easy if conditions are kept constant. You just flip the art and mask out the glare......after that you can adjust curves and colour ( if needed ). For glossy paintings, or handling any artworks, it is really important to wear cotton or archive gloves to avoid those greasy finger prints. They WILL show on the surface of paintings, this could be a factor to prevent a sale.

[@Artresin]

The best thing I found was putting it in tons of random places around in different rooms until I found a magic spot where I can get photos of resined art with no glare shines or reflections. I don’t know why it’s perfect. It’s a space u see the stairs behind a couch in our living room. It’s just a lucky, perfect spot. My advise now is to do that. Try putting it all over the place until it just works for some reason :P good point about the finger prints I’ve never paid attention to that but I should.

[@christopherfarrell-artist3557]

@@Artresin Resined art is very difficult to document. I am more of a painter than a photographer, I wonder if there are lens filters that can be used to help diffuse the light while keeping the detail before the image goes in to Photoshop. I have found it best to have the highest quality raw files and work from there. I think Photoshop and/or Lightroom are going to have new AI features to eliminate reflections...but, if the latest AI features are anything to go by, I will hold off any opinion as they seem more of a sales gimmick rather than anything useful in terms of actual productivity.🙂

[@arnolfini1434]

45 degree lighting can cause some problems with old master paintings .A black background is better than white as it reduces flare .

[@Artresin]

Hi Peter- thanks for the tip!

[@arnolfini1434]

@@Artresin MY pleasure.

[@Kenzie_hap-7998]

Someone help me. Camera and lights, names of the products?

[@billsolo1]

Great tutorial! I noticed that you don’t use a circular polarizer. Is there any reason you don’t?

[@montazownianr1]

Obviously it will change colors and contrast...

[@canturgan]

The pencil trick is genius

[@Sk8erbaker]

Very useful info for shooting projects. Thanks!

[@dorseynorthrup5784]

what if the camera is in the reflection?! It is black and causes that area of the painting to be darker...It took me a long time to figure out why that spot was so dark!

[@canturgan]

Move the camera into a dark part of the room.

[@mariaolsthoorn9752]

No Polaroid filters to deal with glare?

[@stephaniel8164]

What are the light stands called? There are too many options on Amazon! Thanks!!!

[@Artresin]

These are just lights on tripods, you can search photography tripods to start

[@stephaniel8164]

@@Artresin thank you so much! I'm not a professional photographer but I'm trying!!! I think if I have the correct accoutrements it will help lol.

[@williamlake]

How do I get rid of dust speck highlights on a dark background? I tried the set up you described and I have an original oil painting that is similar to the black cactus painting you demoed. Small specks caused by brush marks are picking up highlights. Lots of them. The painting is dark and gloss varnished. There are art shows that I want to submit that do not permit photoshop modifications (other than crop and white balance. Is there a technique that will work?

[@Artresin]

Thats a challenge! The best recommendation is making adjustments to your lighting. Try to create an even wash of light so that it minimizes any highlighting of the imperfections and glare, but aside from that without being able to modify the photo, its tough to get some things perfect.

[@garrytrinh3062]

It's possible to eliminate dust speck highlights in oils paintings by using polarising films over both your studio lights and a circle polarising filter over your lens.

[@jasonl4237]

During taking a photo of text on a magazine paper (paper placed on the table) using my phone camera I can see the ceiling light glare on the paper, the glare makes some text not visible, how to remove the glare? Can I use the 2 identical lights method in this video?

[@Artresin]

Try the side light method rather than the direct light in the center. Good luck :)

[@saltlifegull4091]

Great tips, appreciated! Question - why not just photograph the paintings outdoors?

[@Artresin]

Hey Leah, if outdoor photography works for your needs, then absolutely do it! Natural light is beautiful!

[@Sesaphim]

if you only have one light should you reflect it off the roof or something

[@Artresin]

With only one light you will want to try to center it as much as possible to give even coverage with the focus of the light aimed in a way that the reflection isn't on your canvas.

[@christianleetrager4605]

Which lens? ISO? Shutter speed? I get the vid is about glare, but a little more info would be helpful.

[@arnolfini1434]

Use a long lens," this helps reduce glare", with a middle aperture.I have photographed thousands of paintings and never light a painting using 45 degree lighting. Do not mix light, and use a tripod .

[@ravenshadowz2343]

What tripod is he using? I do not have a very good tripod for taking photos of my oil paintings to submit for my online art lessons.

[@Artresin]

I am sorry- I do not know the type or name of the tripod.

[@ludwinvart5409]

I just use natural light

[@rachelsremedies2602]

You were interesting , but I live in a tiny apt, and most of my paintings are 9x12”

[@Biosynchro]

You could scan them with a flatbed scanner, maybe? Although 9x12 is just slightly larger than most good flatbeds, such as a V700. It's about a 1/2" short in each dimension though.

[@brunandre]

he is so nice! thnx

[@bertharius9518]

These flat surfaces are fine but it's difficult to avoid the spectral reflection of light from an impasto oil painting. Perhaps there is some software that can overcome this.

[@arnolfini1434]

You must avoid the 45 degree set up, you could try moving your lights higher and turning them to get even lighting.Dust and scratches filter in P/S could be used but It is not great.

[@garrytrinh3062]

The solution is to use a polarising film over both your studio lights and a circular polarising filter over your lens. This will eliminate all spectral reflection from an oil painting.

[@bertharius9518]

@@garrytrinh3062 Thanks Garry, good to know.

[@shawntittle2045]

Good tips here, much appreciated!

[@fotobot]

tutorial on how to avoid glare, takes picture at 5:49, has huge reflection lol

[@montazownianr1]

yup... what a shame

[@billcarlsbad6168]

The "music" adds no value to your otherwise excellent video