Are your photographs gathering dust on your hard drive, never to be seen again? Well, say goodbye to digital purgatory and hello to the world of printing! In this video, Todd Korol will take you on a journey to discover the magic of putting your images on paper. From understanding how your photographs truly look, […]
Holding a printed copy of an image you took has to be one of the most satisfying experiences for any photographer. This is something that you must try if you haven’t done it yet. A word of caution though, if you have not calibrated your monitor, the printed image will appear slightly (or severely) different […]
Photography and printing are two very different things. Although they are closely related in how they depend on one another, they take two very different sets of knowledge. Just because you can take amazing photos, doesn’t mean you can make amazing prints, and vice versa. In this video, Robert Rodriguez Jr. explains many of the […]
The satisfaction of holding a print of an image that you took is really something special. And like taking photos, printing is something of an art in itself. The process also includes some technicalities, and as a photographer it’s a good idea to have at least a general understanding of such things. To demystify the […]
In the days of film, printing your photos was the only way you could actually see them. With digital photography, of course, you can conveniently look at all your images instantly on any screen. Does this mean printed photos are dead? Definitely not! If you want to get serious in photography, prints remain a crucial […]
One sad thing about digital photography is that not many people bother to get their photos printed. Most of the images get lost in digital storage and rarely see the light of day. If you look at the past, things were different. With analog photography, the only way to see the images you took was […]
If you’ve ever printed a photo directly from your computer to your printer, you might have been surprised to find out that the color in the images didn’t quite match what you saw on your monitor. Getting an accurate output on your printer (or on a third party print press) can be tricky at best. […]
If you’ve ever wondered how the inside of a high-end printing studio operates, Miller’s Lab – America’s largest professional printing lab – gives us just such an opportunity in this video from Chris Marquardt. Shannon Butler, Miller’s Press Department Lead, walks Marquardt (and us along with him) through the process of printing their many different products, […]
The process of platinum palladium printing is widely believed to be able to produce a tonal range that is closest to what the human eye sees. This process of monochrome printing, however, is extremely time consuming. Nobuyuki Kobayashi, a Japanese photographer uses this technique to make prints for his project titled, “Portraits of Nature: Myriads of […]
Even though most of the photos we take are digital and displayed in a digital environment, the very best of them often deserve to come to life, as we print and proudly display them. If you’re thinking of printing some of photos for display—whether in a gallery or in your own home—Karl Taylor explains exactly […]
