The Painting

Another challenge - the two paintings that have ended up in our home after a history of growing up with them, losing them, finding them… how do you photograph a painting with glass! I researched after finding my first photo included me with the camera, the opposite wall’s painting and the sky!
To cut a long story short - get further away and use the zoom, change the white balance to ‘shade’.
Three good things:
1. I had to sign for these framed paintings from the Art Gallery. My older sister (died some years ago) chose to relocate them from our family home years ago and then willed these to the Oamaru Art Gallery. 
They didn’t want them…. too many from this local artist of the 1950s.
2. I remember them both so well. Liked one but not the other.
3. ‘Pearl’ fish for Friday’s fish dinner - too tender - a bit wishy washy really! But nice batter - put some soy sauce in it.

[Allison Williams]

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They didn’t want them…. too many from this local artist of the 1950s." So were you able to claim them as a family heirloom or did you have to buy them?

[Maggiemae]

@allie912 Yes, we claimed them as family, Allison! Pleased to be able to give them a good home once more!

[FBailey]

Well done on not getting your reflection in there (I Google everything like that, he always comes up trumps)!

[Maggiemae]

@fbailey I reckon I learn more on Google than in any class or school!

[Pat Knowles]

Hard to take a photo in front of glass but you did well here, not a bit of reflection! Is the subject or the artist anything special to your family, you grew up with them so perhaps sentimental to you all. Quite a journey they have been on!

[bruni]

A beautiful picture of the mill house. glad you could reclaim it and gave it a new home.

[Maggiemae]

@happypat Now I'm not at all sure where this old building was! So another journey to find out!

[Nina Ganci]

you did it very well, considering it is something very difficult to do. well done

[Helen Jane]

a tricky task achieved well

[Islandgirl]

Well done.............great capture of the painting!

[Sarah Bremner]

Nice picture and interesting to read the technique for no shadows.....well done!

[gloria jones]

Great capture of this lovely painting

[Diana]

Wonderful that you managed to get them back! Fabulous capture of this beautiful painting with it's lovely tones.

[Marnie]

Yayyy! so good to hear they found their way home to your place MM. Great painting too.

[Maggiemae]

@golftragic I'm glad it wasn't an abstract - that was like a child going mad with paints!

[Marnie]

@maggiemae I've messed up the ones I've tried.

[Casablanca]

It's a lovely painting. I really struggle with photographs through glass. Impossible to avoid some kind of reflection.

[Maggiemae]

@casablanca I didn't realise it was so difficult until the first photo I took had these reflections!

[Beryl Lloyd]

You did well on two scores Maggie - First to reclaim them from the local Art Gallery and secondly to do so well without reflection on the glass ! A lovely warm picture - I love itt !

[Lou Ann]

It’s a lovely painting nonetheless. Lovely story too.

[Babs]

Well done, not easy to photograph something through glass. David and I had to photograph some family portraits for a friend through glass and he didn't want us to take the pictures down from his wall either so had to use a black backdrop sheet to cover the window that was causing reflections, it was so difficult to do.

So glad this painting has found its way home to you, I am sure you will treasure it.

[Maggiemae]

@onewing Yes, I read about that method. But this one was easier.

[katy]

So was your sister the artist or are they just pictures that were in your home? Terrific job of photgraphing this one

[Maggiemae]

@grammyn No the artist was a local one to this area and the paintings hung on the walls of the house I grew up in. Then when the house was sold, my older sister wanted these paintings and took them away to the other end of NZ. I didn't mind of course.