Ideally, when you find yourself photographing art work you’ll wish to get it out from beneath the glass. However the true world typically creeps in, and also you may need no selection for varied causes.
Artwork beneath glass
You could have to {photograph} art work beneath glass as a result of the work is fragile. This might be as a result of age of the supplies. Or it could be the fragility of the medium used. Pastels come to thoughts because the chalky materials could be dismissed with the lightest of touches.
Regardless of the cause, in case you are pressured to maintain the glass, there’s a option to make it occur.
Reflections
One main drawback is coping with reflections. Even when the glass is museum grade — which many items are usually not as a consequence of price elements — glass will yield reflections of what’s in entrance of it.
I’ve discovered in case you place black paper masking the complete space in entrance of the artwork the reflections are gone. Slicing a gap within the paper lets the digital camera lens peek by. You could have to do some publish manufacturing cleanup if the glass in your lens seems as a mirrored image. Should you use the lighting setup I like to recommend on this article, you shouldn’t even must cope with that.
Digital camera lens punched by black background paper from Savage kills reflections.
Rear view of digital camera by black background paper.
Remaining post-production
There’s one different challenge concerned with photographing artwork beneath glass. Most glass, particularly cheap glass, has a slight coloration forged. You’ll have to make coloration corrections with the artist available to verify the colour matches the art work beneath.
When you have any questions on this course of, let me know within the feedback. Be sure to take a look at my earlier article on photographing art work for a clear lighting setup and this follow-up article to make sure a profitable shoot.
Yours in Inventive Pictures, Bob