On 6/21/2020 17:48:35, Christine Aguila 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?
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
I have a permanently attached bar across the top of one wall in my living room
that has a cloth backdrop on it. (10' section of 1" EMT & a couple of wall
mounted plant hangers)
I also have a portable background support (2 light stands + a cross bar).
I have used the portable stand to hang a guitar so I could photograph it. I used
a black high strength fish line to hang the guitar that was easy to Photoshop
out afterwards.
I used a 4x8 foot white flat (actually just a piece of sheet-rock) that I aimed
the light at and let light reflect off of it to illuminate the subject. That
gives a very large soft light.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/50034197468
The backdrop is an old Martha Stewart King-size flat bed-sheet I dyed using Rit
dyes flicked from a paint brush. It's a combination of blue & black and maybe a
BIG ol' coffee stain on a slightly off-white sheet.
Come to think about it, I probably used the portable backdrop stand to hold the
sheet up while I was "painting" it. That's likely the first thing I ever used it
for.
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