Photographing your work

Photographing your work is a crucial part of the process in showing your art. Whether you do it yourself or you hire someone, it must be done correctly to ensure the best qualities of your work are shown. Hiring someone to photograph your work may be the best way to do it because they have had experience in doing so. If you do hire a photographer, it is best to ask for samples of their work in which they shot another artist’s work in the same medium as you. However, if you decide to do it yourself, you must get the proper equipment, instruction and practice. Battenfield stated that she received some instruction herself from a hired photographer in order to be able to show qualities of her work by herself. There is also the subject of digital and film. Most places now prefer a digital form of submission. This seems like a more effective way of showing your work because you have the chance to redo any mistakes in the photo shoot before submitting the work. However, 35 mm slides are often in better conditions than Cos and DVDs in shelf life. The solution for this is to keep an external hard drive with all of your work. The different formats are also something to be careful of. Double checking of which format is best to be sent is always okay. Finally, labeling your work with the title, date, medium, size, and extra information pertaining to the piece is a nice and professional touch to add to the work.