Bob Shell wrote: > > On Feb 5, 2006, at 12:07 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > > > I don't know that one at all -- Marnie suggested PRovia and > > someone else did... > > These aren't being shot for reproduction as far as I know, > > just for galleries > > to review his work. It may be that absolutely precise color > > is not going to swing > > the viewers one way or the other - but I'd certainly like to > > get as close as possible to > > reality. > > Astia is similar to Provia, but without the exaggerated colors. > Artists can be awfully picky about color accuracy, and I would go for > neutral. > sure.
> Lighting will be much harder than film selection. You need daylight > balance, but absolutely as diffuse as possible. Outdoors under > lightly overcast sky would be ideal. natch - but that may or may not be possible... that is why I'm going to check out the scene without even bringing the LX with me. > > Watch out for specular reflections if they are oil paintings. right. Back in the day I did this stuff, too, a bit -- including my own paintings, but the emulsions have changed and Fairlawn lab is gone.... hence the what to use query. And there seems to be some difference of opinion here. > > I used to photograph a lot of artwork for a gallery near here. They > always wanted 4 X 5 transparencies, so it was a lot more work. > > Bob Right. I think this guy just wants to be able to send out 35 mm slides to get himself into a gallery or a juried show. That may turn out not to be the case. and I may not acutally have the job - though my impression was I had been chosen based on what he saw of mine on the web. ann
