How to photograph art?

Artwork photography has changed over the years, with the event of better cameras and scanback technology, however, this technology has let a lot of artists down over the years with the overall loss of quality not being captured when photographing the original artwork compared to scanning.

The best answer to the question...."how to photograph art" is best summerised by saying....Don't photograph art, Scan it!!!  

We have the very best method for reproduction of artwork in Australia, the quality we achieve, without the use of photography is truly remarkable. With our expertise and experience along with the amazing capabilities of our scanner, the only one in Australia and only a few world wide, you too will be saying.... Don't photograph art, Scan it!!!  

Clarity, depth and detail is no problem for the scanner, with it's Synchron™ lighting system. The Synchron lighting system uses a patented moving lamp design that provides even illumination and reduces overall light exposure on originals, providing even illumination across the entire surface.

There are many benefits of scanning compared to photography. Some of these include:   

• Capture of all fine detail, Depth & texture of the original, No distortion & controlled even lighting. This all results in a higher quality reproduction.
• Scan original artworks up to 1500 x 2200mm in a single pass.
• Scan objects up to 190mm in height.
• Scan original and delicate documents for archiving purposes and high quality giclee reproductions.
• We can scan artworks and capture Image data up to 800 megapixels (the highest resolution possible.)

....Photographing art is a thing of the past. You won't look anywhere else again once you have seen for yourself the huge difference scanning does make.