Since 2011 I have photographed thousands of pieces of artwork for artists to make prints or display their artwork digitally, ensuring that colour and tone is matched as closely as possible to the original.
In essence, producing a print means a piece of artwork being transformed from a material object into light; then into code, and then back into material again. There is a lot of scope for colour, tone and shape to be mis-translated over this cycle of changes of state. It takes appropriate tools which are well-honed and well-chosen, experience using them, and a well-trained eye to ensure that print matches original.
People love the spirit of their art, and to have a print which is faithful to the original allows that spirit to be properly encountered in it.
For mobile and predominantly two-dimensional art, like paintings, I have a residency every Friday at Blue Cedar Printworks in Glastonbury, Somerset, who handle photography bookings and provide the facilities for making fine art prints as well as many other products of interest to artists, like greetings cards.
You can drop off your artwork there any day of the week but it may be worth making contact beforehand to reserve an appointment, especially if you are travelling from further afield and need your work to be completed in one visit or have a large number of artworks. More details are at the Blue Cedar Printworks website here.
For predominantly three-dimensional pieces, like ceramics and sculpture, I shoot either in-situ (for larger and less mobile pieces) or in my studio. Most of what I said above about paintings applies here too, but with more emphasis on shape and space and less on print. Get in touch any time to discuss this.