Super Simple Craft Photography by copperrein, journal
Super Simple Craft Photography
I know some of y'all don't want to read a very technical and very lengthy tutorial on setting up some crazy lighting or program workflow just to take a decent (and DD-able) photo of your artisan crafts. I know some days I don't so I'll try to make this as simple as I can.
Think about this:
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO SPEND COUNTLESS HOURS
ON A WORK OF ART ONLY TO CHEESE OUT ON THE
PHOTOS AND MAKE THAT THING LOOK LIKE POO?
The tl;dr express list of what you need to focus on (hah!):
Clean the camera lens AND whatever you're photographingPick a good background and good propsLight! Outside on an overcast day*White balance (this shouldn't be a huge
Traditional Art Week
Forewords
I use lots of watercolors in my mixed media works and people once in a while ask me how do I paint backgrounds so that objects or characters do not get painted at the same time. I often just paint background around a character quickly with free hand, but if I want to be more precise and when there are lots of jagged edges or tiny details to go round, I use masking fluid to protect those.
Here is a little tutorial how I use masking fluid in my mixed media works! You can use same tips in your pure watercolor artworks – the fluid still works similarly.
What is masking fluid?
Masking fluid is a handy tool i