Advice please - shooting for a glass cplashback

[swiftowl51]

Hi everyone.

I have been asked by a friend if I would take some photographs of a local scene - it is a roman castle with a sea/harbour background - so he can get it uploaded onto a glass splashback in his kitchen.

Just before I started, Ithought I'd ask if anyone has any experience of doing this and is there anything that I could watch out for that might potentially cause problems.

Many thanks

Philip

 

[GreenNinja67]

Bit of an open question really.

It's a landscape so avoid shooting into the sun (choose time of day carefully)

I'd consider using a polariser to remove unwanted reflections from the water.

Not much more to say really, it sounds like just a landscape image.

 

[Box Brownie]

Just some thoughts.....

There should be no difference in shooting a landscape for a glass splashback than for a conventional print.

Maybe take the scene at different times and let him choose the one he prefers?

Lastly, if your question is about the requirements for file attributes to make the print, then best he gives you the contact information so that you can find out?

PS I recall one photographers website where he offered glass splashbacks as one of his print offerings. Hmmm! can't quite recall the name?

 

[the_accidental]

We have similar in our kitchen. Or rather what I did was get a clear glass splash back and it's mounted with a slim gap behind so it forms a frame. So we can slide prints in and out to change what the back looks like, and the print is just a regular (if large) print.

From a very practical POV from experience, if you can keep texture in the scene low down then it'll show the marks/splashes less and look cleaner longer. Prints with larger smooth/clear areas (think blue flat skies) show the marks far more!

This has just reminded me to rotate the print, the same one has been in there ages now.