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Why is this picture not a photograph?
Just looking at a picture does not tell you if it is a photo or not.
A definition of a photograph is that an image (graphy) must be formed by photons (photo). In the case of the plane, the reason ...
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Can a DSLR take a better photo (less blurry and less noisy) of artworks than a Point and Shoot Camera (Nikon B500)?
There's an old saying about photography:
Gear doesn't matter.
While true, it is only part of the fuller truth:
Gear doesn't matter... until it does.
What that means is that better gear won't make ...
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What is this print called and how to create it?
That are actually 3 questions:
How to create a black background?
What do I need to get photos with a unifom black background (not with post)?
What is the ...
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How to find an angle and a distance for clicking picture of a distorted artwork to achieve 3D effect?
As this is the photography forum I will try to make a good approach using one. You need a camera with some kind of live view preferable.
Get a tripod and position your camera pointing to the sheet of ...
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Can a DSLR take a better photo (less blurry and less noisy) of artworks than a Point and Shoot Camera (Nikon B500)?
It isn't so much the camera body itself (that's just a sensor) -- it's more about the lens (photographer's understanding of the task is always important as well).
Mostly what the DSLR camera body ...
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What are the best practices for taking pictures of a canvas?
Set-up tip for photocopying:
To ensure that you are exactly perpendicular to the surface of the artwork to minimize distortion, put a small "make-up" mirror at or on the surface of the artwork.
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How can I keep lines straight when taking photos of my artwork for printing reproduction?
Make sure you are taking the photo exactly straight on with the optical center of the camera aligned to the center of the artwork. Imaging a line passing perpendicular to the camera sensor going ...
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How can I keep lines straight when taking photos of my artwork for printing reproduction?
The optical center of the lens must also be perpendicular to the plane
occupied by the 2D artwork.
Simple to achieve with a small mirror placed flat on the artwork. Only when you see your lens ...
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How can I keep lines straight when taking photos of my artwork for printing reproduction?
Use a longer prime lens. The 50mm f1.8 comes to mind (it is a short tele for a crop camera, such ad the 700D). Canon lens don't come any cheaper, and this one has hardly any barrel distortion (design ...
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Why is this picture not a photograph?
The usual clues are mistakes in lighting effects. It is very difficult to freehand draw and get the geometry of shadows, highlights, and the like completely consistent. Another common "error" of ...
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How to create a photo/art project of one type of object in many sizes?
Here are some ideas.
Just fix the camera in one spot and put the objects on a marked spot on your background. Frame for the biggest one. (the smallest ones can be really tiny on the frame)
Use some ...
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How to find an angle and a distance for clicking picture of a distorted artwork to achieve 3D effect?
Distance depends on focal length.
Instead of taking a photo, you can achieve the same result by scanning the picture and applying a perspective transform in Gimp/Photoshop. This is likely going to be ...
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Can a DSLR take a better photo (less blurry and less noisy) of artworks than a Point and Shoot Camera (Nikon B500)?
The sample images cannot be evaluated for focus or noise because they have been resized to about 10% of the original. The rest of my response is based on your textual description.
... those spots ...
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Is this image (dated 1868) a photograph or a painting?
This is probably a photograph, or a scan of a copy of a copy of a photograph, at least. There's nothing particularly that jumps out as not being consistent with that. And, on the other hand, an almost-...
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What is common practice w.r.t. providing signatures on printed photographs?
For signed/numbered prints, I've used a white "gel pen" that showed up against the not-light content.
I think a rubber stamp is pointless. People are paying for (or appreciating in a gift) hand ...
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