A couple people have emailed recently, and asked me how I take photos of my paintings. I set up a photography table in my office with new clip on flex lights a couple months ago. I have one clipped on to the left side of the table, and one on the right. Painting in the center. Doesn’t get any easier. It allows me to take pretty consistent photos, and I can photograph at any hour of the day or night. It comes in pretty handy if you’re a night owl like me. I do my best work at 2am most of the time. 

I’m using natural or bright white light bulbs. I don’t have the package in front of me at the moment, so I’m going off memory. You can buy them at the grocery store, tho. I bought these photo bulbs when I ordered the flex lights, but I don’t care for them, and don’t recommend them. One thing, the bulbs are yellowing, so I had to color correct all my photos in Photoshop. And, the bulbs are extremely HOT. You can’t turn these babies on, and leave them to even make a quick bathroom run. I melted some styrofoam by leaving one on for just a few seconds, and that’s when I knew they had to go. Grocery store bulbs are much safer, cheaper, and are non-yellowing. 

White rose in black vase
Palette knife painting
Flower Series No 7
Green and pink background
Day 4 of 30 paintings in 30 days
Available for purchase here

 Happy PPF! Make sure you check out all my posts from this week. I’ll be posting every day in the month of September.