Let me show you how you can get the best, most accurate photos of your paintings or drawings. From the setup, the tools you'll need, camera settings, camera angles, through Lightroom and Photoshop adjustments you'll want to make and saving in different formats, I take you through it step by step and leave nothing out. When you're finished, you'll be a master at getting an image of your artwork that looks as good as the original. Use the timestamp index below to watch just the parts you need, or sit back with a bowl of popcorn and take it in it all at once, your choice.


0:00 Opening
0:17 Introduction
2:52 Basic Set up
6:08 White Balance
9:24 Image Format
10:22 Auto Focus
11:17 Setting the Camera Mode
11:32 Setting the ISO
12:37 Setting the Aperture
14:26 Setting the Timer
14:58 Histogram
16:01 Manual Focus
17:16 Take the Photo
18:18 Insurance Photos
19:45 Import to Lightroom
20:55 White Balance in Lightroom
22:29 Crop Photo
23:05 Fixing Exposure
24:46 Inspect and Compare Photos
26:19 Choosing the ONE!
26:58 Squaring the Image in Photoshop
32:00 Image Cleanup
34:52 Saving Image/Choosing Format/PSD Format
36:18 Saving image in JPEG Format
38:38 Converting for Print/CMYK Format
42:02 Shameless Plug


Equipment in this video. These are NOT affiliate links and I make no money or even care whether you buy these products or not... it's just what I'm using in the video and I know people will ask about them =0)


Canon M50: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07...
White Balance Grey Card: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...


K&F Concept TM2534T DSLR Camera Tripod: https://www.amazon.com/Concept-Magnes...


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