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Life drawing yesterday was very enjoyable. Our model, a tall African girl was expert at holding poses which made it easy to concentrate on her fine musculature. I do think that going to a life drawing session every week is helping me to see better. Unfortunately it is not helping me with my photography skills.
I am desperate to learn how to photograph my drawings, this is my latest clumsy attempt to adjust the colour, really the paper is white not blue and the pencil is sanguine!
Life drawing yesterday was very enjoyable. Our model, a tall African girl was expert at holding poses which made it easy to concentrate on her fine musculature. I do think that going to a life drawing session every week is helping me to see better. Unfortunately it is not helping me with my photography skills.
Dear Carole,
ReplyDeleteI have found your blog accidentally while searching some pictures of Japanese-Russian singer Origa :) And by a chance I have paid attention on your little problem:
"I am desperate to learn how to photograph my drawings, this is my latest clumsy attempt to adjust the colour, really the paper is white not blue and the pencil is sanguine!"
As a passionate photographer I just cannot step away and do not share some knowledge :) So, here is my advice. Bluish colour of the paper can be eliminated with setting a proper white balance. How to do that depends on your specific camera model. Best results can be achieved with manual balance. Usually you have to select it in camera menu and point the lens on any piece of white paper/wall/etc serving as a reference. From now on camera will use this custom white balance for further shots and your pictures will have natural colours.
Detailed step-by-step procedure of white balance setting varies from camera to camera, so you have to refer to the manual. Custom white balance is normally marked with such pictogram (marked red) - http://www.mkdigitaldirect.com/images/tips/cameraSetup/screenWhiteBalance-S.jpg
But if you make a shot with a flash, then white balance should be left on auto, as camera accounts for flash light colour anyway.
Hope this will help. And do not hesitate to contact me if you have further questions :)
Greetings from Germany,
Wolfgang
Thank you so much Wolfgang for taking the time to help! I shall try to get the balance right in future. Thanks again.
DeleteWow - the drawings are great! I have this problem with photography too so it's good to hear Wolfgang's solution. I'll be interested to see how you go!
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