My technique has always been very different to the suggestions here. Very few painters paint with two strobe lights placed at 45 degree angles. I know of none who paint using pola filters. My view is that you are on a hiding to nothing if you try and show texture in a painting using harsh lighting and pola filters. I use a single large softbox or diffuser usually at the top left hand side of the painting. This is angled a bit above the painting and balanced by a large polystyrene reflector. Both are low enough to avoid specular reflections. Everything is then blacked out and masked from the glass. When I say large I mean at least double the size of the painting.
Looking straight on to the glass a pola filter will not work. At least it didn't when I last did theory.
Bob Croxford
That is my understanding too. I use to shoot repro art almost exactly this way, but I put a not-so-large source of light (i.e. near the size of the original) in a distance, in a way that the light is evenly distributed. If I need to diminish the shadows, because the texture is exagerated, I surround the original(s) with white card to reflect. I never liked the 2-lights-45-degree scheme - but it�s oly my POV ;-) .
Regards,
Rodolpho Pajuaba
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