NOW THAT I OWN
July 22nd, 2008Or: Collecting knowledge
When I started this project at the beginning of June, I didn’t expect the development to feel so fast. I bet it’s not really fast. But it sure feels like high speed (read the first post here).
What I did in the very beginning is that I wrote down all the artists names I could think of as well as all the artwork titles. I came to 8 artists and 3 artworks (read that post here). Today, the list is too long to post here. 25 artists and 14 artworks. I thought about making a bar chart of that increasement in excel, but I figured I wait for more data …
It may not sound much to you as an expert collector, but I started late. I’m over 30. Brain’s a little muddled and time is scarce. Still: It’s an increase of roughly 350% on both accounts together, right? Correct me if I’m wrong. That means approx. 50% increase per week. If I continue like that for 20 years …
I’m afraid it’s a bit like learning to play the guitar. The first three chords sure come easy and the Intro to Metallica’s “Nothing Else Matters” sure feels like success, but then it gets tough. I don’t want to be stuck with “Louie Louie” when it comes to collecting art.
And I meant this post to be just a short one to cover the time until I find the time to write about what’s really getting to me at the moment: How do you photograph your art? Now that I have some, it wants to be pictured …
July 29th, 2008 at 3:14 am
Hi There,
found you by chance and was reading down this post and thought I’d share a little of my little bit of knowledge on that subject of photographing your art.
Pick a time when the sun is at its highest. Mid day. Bring the artwork outside on cloudy day and shoot it making sure not to have any shine on it. If this is not working bring it into a room and photograph it at a right angle to the window not straight on. Personally I prefer a well lit west facing window and do put the painting facing the window on those occasions.
Hope that is of help to you.
regards,
e
July 29th, 2008 at 8:44 am
Hey Ellen,
thank’s for your comments. This sounds like handy advice for photographing artworks on their own. But what if I want them pictured exactly in the place where they “live”?
This seems to be the tricky part …