Tim, I agree. The only way I can get faithful color reproduction for my paintings is to shoot in sunlight. About ten in the morning or two in the afternoon seems to produce light at a good angle and intensity for me. I have a variety of locations around my place where I can shoot, depending on time of year and angle of the sun. During the winter when the angle is quite low and most of my tried and true locations have shadows, I haul the painting out to the dock and have my husband there making sure it doesn't fall into the water!
I once asked a professional to take a picture of a special painting and found that his color rendition wasn't nearly as good as mine. I don't think he had the proper setup. The one time I had a commercial "print" made from a painting and needed a 4x6 positive I took it to a special photographer who did have an excellent setup with appropriate lights. Those results were excellent but he charged $65 and his studio was almost an hour away from mine.
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