> On Jun 21, 2020, at 2:48 PM, Christine Aguila <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Everyone! > > Hope all is well! > > Quick question: > I’d like to develop skills used to photograph the textile arts—which can > often include fabrics with beads and metals and sequins etc. > So, has anyone done this kind of work? Any recommendations? Tips? Resources? > > Also, any tips for ways and stands for hanging the art so it can be > photographed?
Depending on the fabric, you might want something with some pin points sticking up from it to hold the fabric tight. Maybe take some plywood and drill some holes just big enough for some fabric pins. As to lighting, Light, Science and Magic is a great resource for how to light some of those challenging materials. > > I do have a photography background stand for background papers etc. Has > anyone used this stand to photograph art? > > Maybe two stands? One to hold the rolled background paper, then another > stand to hang the art from? Something like that? What do you think? > > Cheers, Christine > > > > Sent from my iPad > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Larry Colen [email protected] -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
