How To Remove Glare from Artwork

[willingtolistentoyou]

I have a totally different way if anyone is interested: Get extra lights and bounce them off the walls and the ceiling, don't shine them directly on the painting. Slow down the shutter speed if necessary to allow more light on the image if needed and set the timer so the pressing of the button doesn't cause shaking. It's an easy and cheap solution. I just used lots of clamp lights. This worked in a small room with a low ceiling, would have to figure out what to do in a larger space.

[NickRatto]

Thanks for the 1000 dollar answer to photo paint

[robertodeniro]

Not a ND Filter (Neutral Dark).
Just a polarized filter.

[eeen]

Linear polarizer over light and linear polarizing lens filter. You rotate the lens filter and when the direction of polarizing lines is perpendicular to the lines of the film, reflections are virtually eliminated

[caitlinoliviaart]

Most helpful tutorial I have ever watched oh my, thank you🙇‍♀️ no more spending 100 quid to get my stuff digitised

[walczak]

I think you could also just go outside on an overcast day. Thats what i do lol

[JamesO]

An ND filter is a neutral density filter. It just reduces the amount of light coming in. What you want is a polarizing filter. Some variable neutral density filters use two polarizing layers that change the amount of light depending on their relative angles. But normal ND filters are not polarizing filters and will not work for this purpose.

[edbianchi]

Thank you, very common and annoying problem, seldom addressed and solved thanks

[miguelcravo]

You actually took time to make a video to tell people they should by a ND filter, while what you actually meant was a Polarizer filter.

[aramanasal]

Omg thank you so much for these videos! I swear the glare on my most recent painting was driving me crazy!

[seanpavani]

This is a tried and tested method. It works but you will loose textural detail of the paint so just becaware of that as a sacrifice for an overall evenly lit picture with no glare to photograph

[usachev]

Very impressive. Matt varnish works too

[Yakita]

You a beautiful gem of the internet. Thank you. I got some people in my life who need to hear this. The self-deprecation folks do to themselves and just submit to just…rotting…

[archadeinteriors]

or you can do it how you are supposed to. .use TWO lights, both the SAME distance away on FORTY_FIVE dergee angles to the painting

[ShaniOnSinai]

Step 1: paint well

I did not pass the vibe test yet! But I’m collecting this info like gold!

[alfonsoamador]

Way to avoid the glare, is make sure you brushes dont have moisture...a final varnish works for some media...

[GrindHardPeezy]

Bruh you probably could’ve just hired a photographer at this point 😂

[SinnfullDuck]

Looks like a circular polarizing filter, not an ND filter. Non-photographers get that wrong all the time. Its a good tip but I just wanted to throw that in for those who want to try it.

[otie]

Alternatively,
don't use varnish
it's old, and still has the same glare /
light reflection problem

[payehomage]

Beautiful work. Do you use photo reference for your self portraits? Especially the more complex ones or dk you paint from a mirror?