I find myself making videos of paintings for the various social media sites using what I have on hand usually. Since I'm not a photographer, but I have to be one anyway to take good photos of my work to post, I've had to get very creative with how I create postable photos.
I love natural sunlight and cloudy days are especially good for providing nice even diffuse light on the subjects I photograph. I have used bedsheets in the past, but recently I did invest in a piece of 36 inch white paper from the art store to use as a backdrop. Backgrounds are just as important as foregrounds, since we want the focus of our images to be on the image, and not whatever is distracting in the background.
I set up the backdrop in a way so I am not blocking my natural light source when I stand behind the camera (usually my iphone). If it's a still shot, or a timelapse, I'll use my tripod. If it's a video, I steady myself by leaning on whatever is near, usually a chair. Then I pan slowly, zoom slowly, and do a voice over since so many sites take down videos that use music they provide! Better to do your own original sound when possible.
I can edit the video into shorter clips if I want, right on my iphone, then upload them as "multiples" in a combined video on whatever site I upload them to. It's time consuming and pretty tedious for a painter to become a cinematographer and video editor and.. and... and... but that's the modern age, n'est pas?
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