Archive for the ‘Artist's Portfolio’ Category
How to Photograph Artwork–Tips from a Pro
Document Your Artwork — Photo Tips from Lori McNee
In past posts, I showed you how to create an artist’s portfolio — a photo book displaying your art.
A book that can be printed, e-mailed or posted to a Web site, blog, Facebook or Twitter. In those posts, artist Tom Eddington had his fine wood sculptures professionally photographed and the finished book is spectacular. In this post, artist and blogger Lori McNee explains how to photograph your own artwork to get optimal results for a professional-looking representation of your work.
How to Photograph Your Artwork the Easy Way! Part 1
Professional Photo Book of Samples — Easy to Make and Share.
In the last post, I introduced you to the concept of using a quality online photo sharing source for creating your own professional art
portfolio. This is a very high quality bound book that you can share with art patrons and potential clients through several vehicles: 1) The printed book itself. 2) E-mail. 3) Social media posts like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and others.
Lifephoto prints your sample book in its professional photo lab — you get archival quality paper, satin cover linings, parchment pages and pro quality printing. Plus — and only on Lifephoto — can you get a link to share your complete art portfolio via e-mail or social media. Read more about this in my last post.
Get Started on Your Portfolio
Here is a step-by-step guide to formatting your photo portfolio, a link to the sculptor’s portfolio previewer and tips for using the book and previewer to market your art work more effectively. continue reading
Hardcover Sample Book You Can E-Mail to Clients
Sculptors. Watercolor Artists. Oil Painters. Crafters.
Quilters. Clothing or Jewelry Designers.
Whatever your art specialty, you can showcase your finest work
in an easy-to-make photo sample book — a book you can print, easily e-mail, post on Facebook, Twitter or other social media sites.
A Professional Portfolio
No need to slip original art or photos of your gallery pieces into plastic sleeves for a ring binder or portfolio case. For this book, award-winning wood sculptor, Thomas Eddington, had a professional photographer take studio photos of his sculptures. He uploaded them to Lifephoto and created a one-of-a-kind portfolio to share with his clients through several vehicles: continue reading











