{"id":1869,"date":"2023-06-27T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.pafaarchives.org\/blog\/?p=1869"},"modified":"2023-07-25T14:32:45","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T14:32:45","slug":"digital-treasure-trove-unwanted-reflections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.pafaarchives.org\/blog\/behind-the-scenes\/digital-treasure-trove-unwanted-reflections\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Treasure Trove: Unwanted Reflections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Contributed by PAFA Museum Collections<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the many challenges we face when photographing works from the collection is avoiding different kinds of unwanted reflections. Even small adjustments to our lights can result in everything from an overpowering glare to a flattening of any surface texture in the final image. Even trickier is dealing with works that are behind glass\/plexiglass, which often reflect the environment back like a mirror.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Addressing this requires making sure that anything within the frame of the shot is cloaked in dark fabric, which won&#8217;t reflect enough light to interfere with the image. In addition to cloaking the equipment, we also must ensure that we personally are kept behind the fabric when operating the camera. At times it can look a little odd, but it goes a long way in improving the quality of the museum\u2019s documentation of work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.pafaarchives.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.pafaarchives.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image.png 750w, https:\/\/blog.pafaarchives.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.pafaarchives.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1871\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.pafaarchives.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-1.png 750w, https:\/\/blog.pafaarchives.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-1-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About the Institute of Museum and Library Services<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Institute of Museum and Library Services is the primary source of federal support for the nation\u2019s libraries and museums. We advance, support, and empower America\u2019s museums, libraries, and related organizations through grantmaking, research, and policy development. Our vision is a nation where museums and libraries work together to transform the lives of individuals and communities. To learn more, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imls.gov\/\">https:\/\/www.imls.gov\/<\/a>and follow us on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/USIMLS\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/us_imls\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contributed by PAFA Museum Collections One of the many challenges we face when photographing works from the collection is avoiding different kinds of unwanted reflections. Even small adjustments to our lights can result in everything from an overpowering glare to a flattening of any surface texture in the final image. Even trickier is dealing with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,69,5],"tags":[14,39,54,67],"class_list":["post-1869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-behind-the-scenes","category-collection","category-digitization","category-grant","tag-digital","tag-imls","tag-pafa","tag-photography"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.pafaarchives.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.pafaarchives.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.pafaarchives.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.pafaarchives.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.pafaarchives.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1869"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.pafaarchives.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1872,"href":"https:\/\/blog.pafaarchives.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1869\/revisions\/1872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.pafaarchives.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.pafaarchives.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.pafaarchives.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}