How to photo a portrait drawing better?

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~zershyrum Nov 5, 2012 Traditional Artist

Hi deviants

I have a huge dilemma about photo shooting of some of my portraits drawn in dry brush with oil. So the problem is I can't figure out how to capture in my Nikon D40 a photo exactly how the portrait is. What annoys me the most is the gray color instead of the paper's white. I have tried using the blitz also but that breaks some of the shading drawn in the portrait (the light-gray zones). I want to keep all the values of the portrait and to have the grey zones in the jpg as white as on the paper...Is there a way to do this?

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`phoenixleo Nov 6, 2012

~zershyrum Nov 6, 2012 Traditional Artist

Euterpe-The-Egret .. thank you, but I am not into setting the camera too much, do you know what settings would fit the best? there are so many butons here

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=Katara-Alchemist ~Adder-SnakeBite Ok .. i will try to take the photos somewhere outside, thank you.

~Adder-SnakeBite Nov 5, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Photos taken in natural daylight tend to come out much cleaner for some reason. Take your pictures outside or somewhere where there is good natural lighting.

~Euterpe-The-Egret Nov 5, 2012 Student Traditional Artist

If you can adjust your camera's settings, that can help alleviate the grey problem.

^Katara-Alchemist Nov 5, 2012 Student General Artist

I advise taking your picture outside, but not in direct sunlight. That has always helped me.

~DavidScript Nov 5, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Use PNGs.

~TheNecco Nov 5, 2012 Student General Artist

try to correct it in photoshop

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