Print Quality

I still prefer prints even in this digital age we live in today. A print is a beautiful way to share or display a photograph. Oh, I know that web galleries and digital frames are the current rave, and I do use these myself at times, but an actual print is still preferred by me.

The problem used to be that prints or negatives were stashed away in shoeboxes hardly ever to be seen. Now, digital photos are hidden on hard drives rarely to see the light of day.

Printing photographs is definitely well worth the effort. You just need to make sure you are printing quality prints. Forget about using the drug store or Walmart. Find a quality photo lab, which will cost a little more but will  be well worth the cost. For one thing, the quality of the colors will be better and they will last many years longer. The old adage, “You get what you pay for,” could not be more true when it comes to printing photographs.

Give it a try. Take some of your best photographs to a quality print lab and see how they turn out. If you get quality prints I believe you will very happy with the outcome.

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One Response to Print Quality

  1. Bill Weitzmann says:

    I’m back! It has been a busy month or so.

    I wanted to comment on your blog about prints. I too prefer prints over other presentations. In the old days of b&w, my “thing” was BIG prints, 20 x 30 and larger. In the digital days, prints that size have to be sent out and cost a lot, so I have compromized: I bought a wide format Epson printer that will do a 13 wide by 44 long.

    One of the important motivations for buying my own printer was the difficulty in getting the correct color match with my original image from a commercial vendor. Over the years, that has been my single largest aggravation. With my Epson, what I see on the screen is what comes out of the machine.

    Of course, print quality has been an issue in the past with inkjet printers, especially bronzing, but here again, Epson’s solution has been the addition of a clear coat over the whole image.

    So, anyway. . . You like seeing your images as prints. So do the rest of us. Some time ago, I mentioned that I curate a small photo exhibit at our local credit union office in Stroudsburg, and I would be interested in putting up a Bob Shank display. Just 12 prints, 11 x 14 prints in a 16 x 20 frame. Two month time frame. Think you might be interested? Let me know.

    Bill

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