[Leica] Thoughts on photographing art

[Jim Nichols]

Adam, my most difficult problem, with hanging or easel-supported art, is 
getting the perspective correct without having to resort to 
perspective-correction in post-processing.  I have never tried a shift 
lens for that.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 6/3/2016 11:14 PM, Adam Bridge wrote:
> I’ve been asked by a local artist to help her photograph and make prints of her paintings.
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> I was wondering if any of you who might have done this before can give some suggestions about best focal-length lens to use for this? I was thinking that, longer is better? I’ll be shooting work that’s lit with camera and art on tripod and easel, using remote shutter release etc.
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> Any thoughts on technique would be greatly appreciated.
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> Adam Bridge
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