Please help me kill the reflection!

[pictaker]

Hi everyone,
I'm using a Powershot A400 to take pics of my partners' paintings for upload onto a website. The problem is that I always end up with a reflection of myself in the glass covering the painting. How do I get round this problem? Your help and advice are greatly appreciated.

[aam1234]

I would think shooting from an angle might help.

[kbreit]

Yup, shooting at an angle will get rid of the reflection. Try a few pictures, it'll work.

[Qurlyjoe]

You don't really want to shoot at an angle--you want to shoot square on front to avoid keystoning.

Any chance you can remove the paintings from behind the glass? You don't mention how you're lighting them. With some studio lighting you ought to be able to get decent shots without reflection.

[britt777]

use a polarizer filter if you have one. That's what there good for, removing glare and reflections. Hope this helps, good luck

[jfrancho]

I don't think such an item exists for the A400.

[jimsolt]

Tilt the picture forward slightly. If you shoot at much of an angle you will get keystoning which you won't like. Watch the TV talk show host show a picture to the camera.

Jim

[Jon, The Elder]

Hey pictaker - cut a hole the size of your lens in a piece of non-reflective black crescent board or cloth. Get perpendicular to the artwork. Use side lighting (both sides) and time out your exposure. Remote trigger if you can.

[RAitch]

Yeah, get rid of any flash, or bounce it if you can.
The black sheet idea should work well. Kudos setiprime!

[PacAce]

If you do end up shooting at an angle and get keystoning effect, you can use photoshop's cropping tool to fix the perspective so that the image looks right again.

[PhotosGuy]

:D Setiprime got there first with the answer, so I'll just up the ante with a pic! Assume that the black board is all in one piece for this.

[pictaker]

Thanks very much for the advice everyone. I'll try out your suggestions and let you know how it works out. I'm new to all this but would eventually like to sell my partners paintings online. She's talented and always sells out at local exhibitions but obviously they'll have to look top notch on a website. Thanks again.

Pictaker