No matter how beautiful your quilt is in “real life” a bad photo of it might very well keep it from being admitted to a quilt show. The AQS staff photographer Charley Lynch has a video that will give you some pointers on taking photographs that will give you the very best chance of making a good first impression with the judges.
This is a good overview. For more detailed tips, you might want to look at the “Shoot That Quilt!” tutorial that Holly Knott and I put together:
http://www.hollyknott.com/stq/
You’ll find information on how to put together light stands for less than $10 apiece, how to set up your camera, and a “Gallery of Wrongs” that shows common mistakes and how to correct them.
Is there any way you could publish a written version of requirements and metholds to photograph quilts?
I would like a written form of your tape in writing and published in a AQS book. It is informative. Thank you.
Great video! Very complete instruction.