Seems to me the important factor would be - getting 
the colors right. Equipping the artist with a quality 
digital camera such as a Sony P-series or Canon 
Powershot series and taking the photos him/herself 
may be all that's needed.

Whatever you do, if you're doing the color correction, 
figure on lots of back-and-forth sessions with the artist - 
put up the picture, find out what's wrong, change it, find 
out what's wrong, etc, etc. If your photo retouching 
software supports is, use the sRGB color profile, it 
produces the best color on screen. (Won't necessarily 
look good in print, but we're talking about screen 
display here.)

David
dvjones(at)ksbe.edu

On 23 Jan 2004, at 1:05, Andy Innes wrote:

> I agree with the volume of opinions - digital is the way
> to go.
> 
> I did a (colourful) data-driven site a few years back for
> a local gallery. They just upload their stuff using Dundas
> and a small back-end admin page (browse their drive,
> select the image, add the artist info and price and hit
> submit).
> 
> Almost all the pics were taken using an old Sony Mavica
> which had a max res of 800x600
> 
> The art shows up just fine for web:
> http://www.artsource.co.za/
> 
> HTH
> 
> Andy
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dennis K." <dennisk(at)louisville.edu>
> To: <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 3:45 AM
> Subject: website for an artist
> 
> 
> > I'm considering starting a website business venture with
> > an artist to
> display,
> > and hopefully sell, her art pieces - paintings,
> > drawings, jewelry and some glass work. She only wants to
> > create the art and do the order fulfillment,
> and
> > so there is a lot of work and general business running
> > to do. The basic business model would be that I take 50%
> > of all sales until the startup
> costs
> > are covered, and then a smaller percentage after that. I
> > have experience
> in
> > marketing, customer relationship building, web design,
> > web programming,
> etc.,
> > but I'm looking for some feedback from other web
> > developers who have
> somehow
> > slipped from the website building business into the
> > overlapping web
> marketing
> > world. Also opinions and cautions are welcome.
> >
> > Since I'll likely end up building this site in some way
> > or another (and hopefully more artists sites after that)
> > I'm going to need the photos of
> the
> > items for sale. Anyone have advice about finding a
> > photographer to take pictures of the products? What kind
> > of photographer experience should I
> look
> > for? Are there photographers who specialize in taking
> > photos of artwork?
> >
> > Thanks for your input.
> >
> > --
> > Dennis K
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
> 


 

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