{"id":63506,"date":"2025-09-03T18:43:32","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T16:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/procamera-app.com\/?p=63506"},"modified":"2025-09-05T18:21:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T16:21:02","slug":"photographing-paintings-smartphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/procamera-app.com\/en\/blog\/photographing-paintings-smartphone\/","title":{"rendered":"Photographing Artworks with Your iPhone"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Turning Paintings into High-Resolution Prints with ProCamera<\/b><\/h1>\n

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With your smartphone camera, pigments can become pixels \u2014 and artist and designer Lance Hewison reveals how.<\/b><\/h2>\n

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Lance Hewison is an American-German artist and designer. Known for his atmospheric paintings in Prussian blue, he recently launched a new online shop offering high-resolution gicl\u00e9e prints of his works.<\/p>\n

Since he didn\u2019t have access to a fully equipped professional photo studio, Lance turned to ProCamera to photograph his works at home using just an iPhone, a gray card, and two LED lights.<\/p>\n

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INTERVIEW<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=””]ProCamera:<\/strong> It\u2019s always a pleasure for us to see ProCamera in action \u2014 especially where professional photography and art meet. Lance, tell us about your new series Into the Blue<\/em> and how ProCamera became an essential tool in the process.<\/p>\n

Lance:<\/strong>\u00a0Into the Blue <\/em>is a collection of paintings in Prussian blue. It is inspired by classic analog photography and the sea. Each work is meant to feel timeless and at the same time dreamlike. Using ProCamera and the iPhone, I then \u2018digitized\u2019 my paintings and now offer them as high-quality prints in my online shop<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”63485″ img_size=”full” css=””][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]ProCamera: <\/strong>What were the challenges you faced when photographing your artworks?<\/p>\n

Lance: <\/strong>Definitely light and color accuracy. I wanted my shades of blue to appear neither dull nor too warm. My goal was to reproduce the colors and character of my paintings as faithfully as possible. Without a photo studio of my own, I worked with what I had: an iPhone, a tripod, two LED panels, and of course, ProCamera.[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”63488″ img_size=”full” css=””][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]ProCamera:<\/strong> How did ProCamera help you when photographing your artworks?<\/p>\n

Lance:<\/strong> I didn\u2019t want to leave anything to chance and needed full control over white balance and exposure. Other advantages of ProCamera were the ability to shoot in ProRAW format, which allowed me to work with extra precision in post-processing, as well as the option to calibrate colors using a gray card<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]ProCamera:<\/strong> What advice would you give to fellow artists looking to capture their artworks on their own?<\/p>\n

Lance: <\/strong>This is the setup I found most helpful:<\/p>\n