Can anyone explain Fine Art photography to me?
Fine art photography is any such photography that is suitable for sale or display as framed art or print, rather than one that is produced in response to a commercial commission. Fine art itself is generally considered the same, any art suitable for display in a museum, or as artistic expression of the owner or creator. But, fine art photography is not the photographing of fine art technically, as you have described in the details of your question. If you have been given the assignment of taking a series of photos of “fine art”, an idea will be to visit an art museum and photograph what you see as “art”.
Fine art photography follows the steps a professional artist (painter) would take to reach his final version of the subject for presentation. – He would find a subject -Take a great number of shots with his/her camera, experimenting with composition, lighting and background. -Develop and print the negatives. -Retouch, where necessary, in the laboratory -Trim the final version, so that the artistic proportions are correct -Reprint (and frame) the final version.
