Thoroughly enjoyed "Fixing the Shadows" and looking forward to the rest of the series. The crime scene images were remarkable.
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Thoroughly enjoyed "Fixing the Shadows" and looking forward to the rest of the series. The crime scene images were remarkable.
NEC SpectraView 2090. 1600x1200 for photo editing. 1024x768 for web design and general stuff.
Agreed, I wouldn't even consider trying to sell seriously expensive prints online, but small, open edition, accessible and relatively inexpensive prints can and do sell surprisingly well.
Frank, I've often seen folk say that you'd be doing OK if you achieve one print sale for every 50,000 visits, but at this rate I wouldn't even bother to offer prints for sale.
I get the more...
Thank you Sir.
Whilst I admire the clean simplicity of Frank's website and other similar sites my own experience has been the opposite. The fact is I managed to double the hits to my site almost overnight by...
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Same for me using XP and IE6.
Firmly ;-)
In addition to restricting access to this forum to only those using their real name I would like to suggest that we also extend this to those who can prove a level of competence in image making.
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Fact is that many photographers including myself also supply clients with low resolution images for use on their websites, so even small jpeg images are worth worrying about if the unauthorised use...
Archival techniques need to be reversible. If they are as one then the archival qualities are compromised, if they are reversible and only the mat is signed this results in an unsigned print.
Personally I sign the border in soft pencil and this gives the option of matting with the signature showing or not. This is exactly the way that I would sign any other type of print.
I can't help...
Let's get this straight, the photographer is expected to pay the publisher? Interesting concept.
Use both!
Either of the films used in the wrong situation will leave much to be desired. Velvia used in low light and low contrast situations will give a much needed boost to the colour and...
Mike, there was a similar thread on here a while back with lots of good information and opinion. It might be worth searching the archives.
Let's hope that Doug Dolde's images display a greater...
Gosh, please feel free to shoot me if I ever "arrive". The self doubt, the anticipation, the disappointment, the hope and the fear are the driving force. God forbid that the journey is ever completed.
" the results are very satisfying and my point is that these digital prints are ironically far more "handmade" than any traditional process that i have used"
Agreed.
Ok, I've done a couple of colour test prints using the Epson 2100 (2200USA) and the Ultrachrome inks on Photo Rag 308gsm. I made a 720 pixels per inch *input* file from a large drum scan and compared...
I'll do some tests tomorrow using the Ultrachrome inks on Photo Rag at 720 and 360ppi. I'll also print at 2800 and 1440dpi. My gut feeling is that there will be no improvement over 360ppi at 1440dpi...
I'd be very surprised if it's possible to see any difference between 720ppi and 360ppi files sent to any current printer when printed on any matte cotton rag paper unless you use a loupe. If you...
Seems to be some confusion here between ppi and dpi. My 2100/2200 can print up to 2800dpi. On matte paper (Photo Rag) I can see no difference between 2800dpi and 1440dpi without the aid of a loupe.
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Epson's desktop printers have drivers that support 720 pixels per inch (my understanding is that the large format printers are limited to 360 ppi). Using 720 ppi files on my epson with a quadtone...
Limiting the number of images available for sale is purely a marketing tool and has no bearing whatsoever on the integrity or quality of image.
Despite the fact that I've been taking photographs for more years than I care to remember I could count on the fingers of one hand the times that I've encountered another photographer.
QT, thanks for putting this together and sharing.
I'd be the first to admit that Ultrachromes on matte art papers are very different to the "silver based" processes; they have a quality of their...
I've never been a great fan of tubes. I print on heavyweight Photo Rag which has a comparatively delicate surface, rolling them tightly and stuffing them in tubes seems all wrong. For smaller prints...
David, sorry, I meant to add that I'm pleased you liked the watercolours ;-)
"Keith, above you have stated ""images are not created by cameras or processes, they are created by people"". Yet on your own website you refer to the film that was used to make the prints that you...
"and then just below him we have a guy telling us technique, mastering the craft, etc are worthless. I guess for him all that was necessary was to learn how to be really good with Photoshop"
Not...
Mastering craft, technique, equipment and process is but a flea bite on the arse of the image.
The medium is not the message.
Is it any wonder that the debate on 'photography as art' persists when craft and process are held in such high esteem by photographers?
"Well, no....photography actually has a very clear definition....."
"Photography: The art or process of producing images of objects on photosensitive surfaces"
"Photograph: An image, especially...
"Is this "cheating" on the part of the photographer? He is offering prints outside of a limited edition"
Not cheating, merely confused marketing. The choice of limited or open editions is the...
You might as well reverse the scenario and offer the LightJets as the posters and the Ultrachromes as the limited edition prints. The LightJet process produces the best colour prints available on...
Far too many people are worrying far too much about how images are made rather than why.
I omitted to add that I see this on the original transparency, not just the scan.
Chris,
I often see this effect, particularly when shooting the tree canopy in woodland. Tiny areas of what are inevitably grossly over exposed sky 'bleeding' into the surrounding leaves and...
I've visited Greece on many occasions, it's become a second home. I love the people, the food, the landscape, the architecture, but above all the diversity of subject in relation to photography. In...