TIP:: taking photos of paintings that are framed with glass

 Iris I

11" by 14"

Watercolor

SOLD

 Iris II

11" by 14"

Watercolor

SOLD

I recently sold these two framed watercolors at the Artist's Studio & Gallery at Patriot Place. I painted them many years ago before I started painting with a palette knife, and I thought I had forgotten to take photos of them before they sold, but I looked back through my photos and found them! 

If you've ever tried to take photos of paintings that are framed with glass, you can relate to how difficult it is to take a photo without getting a reflection. I remember hearing this trick about taking the photo so that the picture is on a angle to avoid the glare and then in Photoshop, you can use the Free Transform>Distort tool to square it back up.

Here are the original photos I took at an angle and then above is the squared up versions. Pretty cool trick.