This week I'm going to answer a question from listener Doug Shoemaker, about photographic print viewing distances, and I'll explain about minimum print resolution theory and my own standards that I use when printing. Thanks for your questions Doug! I can give you some...
I hope you love to print as much as I do, but when you print a lot, you pretty soon run into the problem of storing your prints safely and efficiently. I solve this in a number of ways, which I'll share with you today. I recently received a question about...
Today I'm going to share a simple yet sometimes overlooked technique for decurling photographs printed on roll paper. This is not a difficult thing to imagine, but a quick search shows me that few people have actually illustrated posts on this topic, so as usual, I've...
Last week I got my hands on a roll each of two new types of fine art paper from my friends at Breathing Color, Pura Bagasse Smooth and Pura Bagasse Textured, so today we're going to take a look at these excellent new offerings. First off, one of the most exciting...
Today we're going to take a look at how to create a fully automated scheduled printer workout to prevent printer head cleaning, after periods when the printer was not used, to avoid having the printer throw away large amounts of ink. When I first bought my Canon...
I'm often asked how I package fine art prints for shipping to customers, so I've prepared a short video showing the process, and we're going to expand on that a little today in today's Podcast. I'm also going to be giving away the print that you'll see in the video,...
Today we follow up on the portrait shoot that I did at the end of March, with an episode on how I fulfilled the first print order, including creating various print sizes on roll paper, and we'll also touch on trimming and decurling the prints, and a little reflection...
Today we're going to look at the new Silverada Pearlescent Metallic Canvas from Breathing Color. As you'll see, Breathing Color continues to outdo themselves when it comes to bringing the fine art printing community and industry exactly what they need to create top...
Today I talk with Don Komarechka about what he learned from his recent experience as he self-published his incredible new book, Sky Crystals - Unraveling the Mysteries of Snowflakes. Don is a photographer based in Barrie, Ontario, Canada and a fellow This Week in...
I recently took delivery of two new types of paper and a new canvas from Breathing Color, and having profiled and worked with them over the last few weeks, today I'm going to discuss some of the attributes of these new media types and how I'm going to be introducing...
Today I'm going to provide an update on the Pixels 2 Pigment workshops that we kicked off on August 4 in Okinawa, the sourthern-most island of Japan. Then next week, because I haven't done a travelogue style Podcast where I talk about my images and my techniques and...
This week I'm releasing the replay of our July 9 Webinar with Photoshelter and X-Rite, in which I talk about Color Management and how to get better results from your printing. Here's our list of topics. The importance of color management – starting with nailing...