How to Take Better Photos of Your Art for Art Prints

Struggling to get good results with the photos for your art prints? Better photos help you boost the chances of selling your art. Here are 10 tips on how to improve the sharpness and resolution of your photos.
00:00 Intro
01:10 Go outdoors
02:31 Use a tripod
03:27 Remote trigger
04:30 Use manual focus
05:32 Be parallel
06:32 Fill the frame
07:19 Sharpest aperture
07:53 Use RAW
09:02 Clean your camera
09:56 Before varnishing
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[@bethlondonart]

Thank you for these helpful tips!

[@Mattle_lutra]

Awesome tutorial! This has been very helpful in making my friends portfolio ❤ The only advice I disagree with is the advice "fill the frame". The warping (or aberration) at the edge of the lense can matter a lot more than the pixel count of the image depending on your setup! Leaving some extra room on the edges of the original photo helped remedy this in my case.

[@howtoremoveinphotoshop3625]

May you become wiser, more beautiful and more successful in the future. May all your dreams come true and all your desires be fulfilled!

[@samuellewisgreen.songwriter]

Thank you so much for this video. I will be using your advice.

[@kerengurionart]

Thank you!! Those are really great tips! I really do need to get better at this 🙏

[@terencejamesmusic4126]

Excellent.Great communicator.Thank you.

[@acerobst1147]

Thank you so very much for your wisdom, knowledge, and advice in this video. 👍😊

[@dollroom]

Fan.tastic. Thank you for this easy to follow and practical guide!!

[@gioargentati7802]

Excellent video! Thank you for posting! :)

[@chantalrochon3566]

Thank you for the information ❤🎉😊

[@juant-s6852]

Thanks a lot for these so useful advices!!!

[@marcechavezu]

Very helpful, thank you!

[@adeelazahid]

Your content is always helpful. 💖😍

[@rajasertin]

Thank you, great tips. ❤

[@MsHumblestudent]

I am new at this but it is a new skill I need to develop. This was practical, helpful and informative without bring crazy technical. Thank you!

[@alanking1461]

Brilliant advice

[@officialyungdwaneofficialy5832]

I love your honesty babe

[@tracyclark7560]

excellent. thank you.

[@ajaymicrosculptures7364]

Very useful video

[@ArtRinah]

Hi thanks for the vid and the tips! They’re really helpful. One thing that i would like to ask is, is it okay if we can see the canvas texture on the image and selling the image as it is with visible canvas texture?

[@jacklin231]

Hi 👋 you are a good presenter to your ideas I love your way ,maybe you will be an art professor .😘😘

[@nafujita]

Hi, thanks for the video, lots of information, to the point. I enjoyed the breaks as well :) I'd like to know more about the post-shot process, how to adjust colors etc. I wouldn't like to use photoshop, because obviously it's paid, so that's another topic.

[@richardlaurie2198]

Thanks so much…

[@cvanscho]

Excellent video! Thank you!

[@VeryPrivateGallery]

Glad you liked it!

[@marniebeissel5645]

Fantastic video. Really clear.

[@VeryPrivateGallery]

Glad it was helpful! More videos are coming...

[@texturenshimmer8339]

Awesome thank you ❤

[@VeryPrivateGallery]

You're welcome 😊

[@marcovanella2939]

Thank you so much for such helpful video!! What lights would you recommend for indoor artwork photography?

[@rd3735]

Great informative video. My question is what is the best DSLR camera for an artist on a budget?

[@already1891]

Ghost orb at 7:28 right side of the screen.

[@lemonade708]

Thank you for this video, it doesn't go too deep into the technical aspect of photography and for an artist like me who is totally new to photographing artwork, it is a welcome relief. Do you mind sharing some of your recommended cameras (either DSLR or Mirrorless) for taking artwork photography please?

[@MsPredator41]

Canon EOS Rebel T7 is a good camera that is affordable

[@asrbari5]

Thank you ❤. My painting edges gets distorted when i get too close to the painting. How can i avoid distortion. I use Nikon DSLR D3200 camera.

[@alevel79]

Is it better to take photographs instead scanning the art?

[@oncalldev]

All great tips. Doing the photowork outdoors can be a great cost savings but living in an area where the temperatures are below freezing and there's a few feet of snow on the ground does make that approach a challenge during winter. Hopefully there's some other information on your channel where indoor photography is discussed. If not, may I suggest that as a future video?

[@Karmakat59]

Thanks for the easy tutorial 🤗~ One thing I am still confused about is just how close I can shoot the artwork (I prefer to use Auto Focus)....Is 4 or 5 feet distance okay or will it 'keystone' (warp) the image?? I think I heard that somewhere that it affected the pixels as well (or somehow affect the image quality).

[@Dahrenhorst]

You can get as close to the artwork as your lens allows. If your artwork is very small, you might need a macro lens or a bellows or extension tubes, though. The distance between camera and artwork has nothing to do with this keystone effect. This effect would be the result of camera and artwork not properly aligned. You need to center the middle of your lens with the middle of the artwork, and both should be exactly at a 90° angle to the surface behind or under it (wall or floor). With this you will avoid any keystone effect. If it ist not possible to maintain this 90° angle or proper aligning, you can either correct the resulting skewed lines in most photo editing apps (on the cost of some image quality), or you would need a special lens or camera which can tilt the lens.

[@user-vo7fk4sd2y]

Do I know what’s that canon camera and lens too!???

[@VeryPrivateGallery]

I use Canon 70D and 80D, but Canon 90D is a good quality-price choice too! The lens if you are on budget I recommend prime lenses like 50mm 1,4.

[@dansaghin1]

good video, however you forgot to mention to use a polarizing filter for oil or other paintings that can glare in your lights...

[@VeryPrivateGallery]

Yes thanks for bringing it up! PL filter is extremely useful, especially after your work is framed. It’s an extra item that might be out of the budget for some. And each time you change the lens, you might need to buy a different filter at a different diameter. Slowly it can get expensive.

[@dansaghin1]

@@VeryPrivateGallery true, a 100$ polarized filter is nothing in comparison to a 2000$ lens though, can't wait to get mine, it's a Carl Zeis T* for a 50mm f1.2 Canon EF lens. It should get to me by thursday when I will start shooting paintings of a great painter friend of mine for printing an album.

[@lucianseekinglove]

What is this tool you speak of at minute 5:50? If I don't have a camera, can I use it with a smartphone?

[@VeryPrivateGallery]

That’s a bubble level. You can use it with any kind of camera. As long as there is a cold show mount on the clip you use for your phone, you can use this level.

[@lucianseekinglove]

@@VeryPrivateGallery Thank you so much! Your videos are very helpful.

[@brla1950]

Some good tips but no very professional. Hot lights inside placed at 45 degree angles to the flat artwork..Too many variables outside. Many of the other tips are good.

[@chrisgriffith1573]

MMM... I disagreed with several of your "tips"/. #1 When lighting for copy stand work, you only need TWO good lights using polarized filters over them. More lights equals more bounced reflections which will only work against the fact that you are polarizing them.#2 When outdoors, the light is subject to the time of day, meaning, the temperature of the light is affected by the time of day. Additionally, the time of day also affects the direction of the light, and make bounced light harder to avoid. #3 Outdoor indirect light (Shade light) is not easier to filter for reflective properties of your subject matter. #4 Not varnishing a oil painting is not often an option, when some areas of the painting have dried in, and sunken. It sounds to me that you do not have an polarizing filter on either your lights or your camera. That sounds like a noob work around to me, lol.