One of my hobbies is pen and ink drawing and water color painting. In my struggles to make copies of my pieces for friends, I’ve been experimenting with a variety of techniques and devices. Photo copies are generally the most inexpensive way to print in large format. Large color prints can cost just a few dollars. So I’ve tried photographing my paintings and sketches outdoors under natural lighting. I taped the picture to a large glass window and use a Leica digital camera with a 35mm lens. I then used Photoshop to clean up the image, correct the color balance, crop, and removing the slight trapezoidal distortion...
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