 Betty Amirault |
How to Shoot a Document That Is Behind Glass I have an Olympus D-460 Zoom camera and have some documents that are behind glass that can't be taken out of their frames. How do I get a proper picture? I have tried several times, but my lighting is off - so I end up getting a reflection of myself or whatever is around glaring from the glass.
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Jon Close |
Turn off the camera's flash. Most museums don't allow use of flash anyway as the light from flash deteriorates paper, fades ink, etc. Try to block the reflections from the sides with a dark sheet, or coat, or hat. Getting the camera closer to the glass helps. Use a rubber lens hood - then, if you hold the camera so that the hood is against the glass case, you won't get any reflection.
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Dave Moffatt |
Also try to use a polarizing filter if you still need to eliminate glare. It will cut down on the light coming into the lens so you might need to use a tripod or some other way to stabilize the camera for a longer exposure. But polarizers in my experience will almost totally eliminate glare, reflections, etc., if you eperiment with them (I have a circular one and if I look thru the view finder while turning it I can see now the polarizer changes the exposure and choose what looks best).
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Betty Amirault |
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- Shirley D. Cross-Taylor Contact Shirley D. Cross-Taylor Shirley D. Cross-Taylor's Gallery |
Hi Betty. If you are talking about your own framed documents which have glass over them, then the setup is fairly simple. Set up in a room where you can eliminate any outside light or daylight from coming in. Then you'll need two lights to put one pointing at each side of your document to light it evenly. Look through your camera lens and check for glare on the glass. If you see glare, move the lights around until you no longer see glare on the glass when looking through the camera lens. If using tungsten lights, you'll need to either filter for correction, or use tungsten balanced film. If you have two flashes or studio lights, which are my setup, you'll need a flash meter to get correct exposure.
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Betty Amirault |
thanks for the info. I will try that when I get a chance. Thanks all for the suggestions. Right now I am busy getting ready for a reunion in NS this summer & trying to get all the genealogy together.
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