When I photograph art here at Brooklyn is Watching, I try to isolate it whenever possible. That is, I try to include just the piece of art in question in the photograph. In some cases, I have put up temporary black prims behind the art to block out the surroundings.

With the larger pieces that is often not possible, and with art like Spiral, which is meant to be viewed in the context of its environment, not even desirable. Those are photographed to minimize distracting elements as much as possible.

I take the photos by using the Snapshot to Disk  in the viewer, and then cropping out-world; it’s impossible to get the framing exactly right with just the viewer. One consequence is that the sizes of the uploaded photos vary. They are then compressed in JPG format, though not too severely, and that’s what you get here.

In some cases I have also had to make contrast and brightness adjustments to make the art easier to see; in-world you can make adjustments as needed, but in a photograph what I take is what you get. I minimize such changes and do NOT change color, so that the photos are as accurate a representation as possible.

I hope everybody has been enjoying the posts and pictures! If you have any questions or would like me to have a look at your piece of art, let me know - IM in-world or email to the address in either of my profiles (here or in-world — same email address either way).

Posted by Shirley Marquez on Wednesday, June 4th, 2008 at 1:06 pm.