I'm Kathryn's husband, Travis. My day-job is physics, but I'm also an amateur photographer. Since we got a digital SLR camera last year, I've done all the photography of Kathryn's finished paintings. (Kathryn takes the progress photos for her blog using a simple point-and-click digital camera, but large, high quality images are needed for prints.) There was a request a little while ago for information on how to take photos of paintings, so I'll explain my technique.

If your artwork is small, you can scan it using a flatbed scanner. However, for paintings bigger than 11x14", it's hard to find a scanner large enough, so photography is the best option.

Tags: photography, techniques, supplies, camera