Phone photo tips?

[Little_Bird_Sorrel]

So I'm not really sure if this goes in the art section or not, but I have a quick question about taking pictures with your phone.

The only scanner in this house is a small old one from 2000-something, and it's too small for me to scan things from my sketchbook with. Since I really wanted to put some pics on my site and stuff I've been using my phone to take pictures and the like. My problem is that they come out like this:

Spoiler

visitors can't see pics , please register or login

So my shadow ends up taking up space in the picture or things get blurred.
Does anyone know how to handle this?

[aintnobuffalo]

Are you laying the sketchbook on the floor when you take the pic? Perhaps it would help to lean it against a wall so the shadow angle doesn't hit it. Alternatively, you could use another light source and play with the angle of the light till you notice the shadow falling outside the picture.

[Little_Bird_Sorrel]

Are you laying the sketchbook on the floor when you take the pic? Perhaps it would help to lean it against a wall so the shadow angle doesn't hit it. Alternatively, you could use another light source and play with the angle of the light till you notice the shadow falling outside the picture.

I never really thought about that. I'll test those out and see if they work. Thank you!

[Griffin]

Looks like you already got some great tips. Let us know how it went!

[Little_Bird_Sorrel]

Update:
It worked like a charm! No shadows, no blurs, and it even looked good enough to color digitally!

Spoiler

visitors can't see pics , please register or login

(And the colored version in case anyone is interested) visitors can't see pics , please register or login

Man I love you guys! Thanks a bunch for the help!

[aintnobuffalo]

I'm so glad it worked! Looks good! Love the color scheme, by the way.

[Little_Bird_Sorrel]

Thanks a bunch Aintnobuffalo!