I am looking into taking photos of my paintings so to reproduce them as Giclee prints on canvas. Is the best way to go to buy a top spec digital camera, learn how to do a bit of lighting and do it myself? Or should I just hunt down a photograher who specialises into taking photos of paintings? I need the Giclee prints to be top spec and the majority of them are going to be pretty big just as the originals, going from 20" x 20" upwards. Thanks for your help.
2006-12-10 09:41:21 · 5 answers · asked by biglove 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
Most Giclee printers here (Mexico) do the whole job.. You take your painting to them (no glass) and they do the rest..The cost is a factor of area..Right now about 10 cents (U.S.) a square inch.
2006-12-10 13:12:53 · answer #1 · answered by zorba1360 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I use CM Photo center...the print quality of professionally printed photos will always be better than any ink jet or laser printer can provide, simply because of the way they're printed. I have an awesome HP photo printer that I adore, and it's great for quick prints, but you can really tell the difference in the quality if you put them side by side with lab prints. The prints are $.19 for 4x6 or 4xd (these are for photos taken with digital cameras, traditional 4x6 prints automatically crop digital photos. You can buy your prints in bulk at a rate of $.17 each. If you sign up at CMPHOTOCENTER.COM ad enter consultant #18694638, you'll get 20 free prints and access to a free digital photo album program that makes awesome, quick and beautiful 8x8 8x11 and 12x12 albums that you send to CM to have printed and bound.
2016-05-23 02:58:29 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The process is,from what I've heard, complicated and expensive. But if you have some good artwork that you want to replicate, bring it out to an expert and have them do the whole process, sell the prints and keep the original. But here's what I realized too; the value of your original will degree with every print you make, so I would only make a few prints.
2006-12-10 13:21:44 · answer #3 · answered by C. P 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You definitely should have it done professionally. Have them shoot film as well as digital files, just to keep for your records. A professional photographer who specializes in shooting art work will also have a good source for printing the giclees.
2006-12-13 16:15:57 · answer #4 · answered by susan g 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pro photographers are expensive. If you buy a camera you've got it for keeps. Good luck
2006-12-10 09:44:47 · answer #5 · answered by Scotty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋