I understand,THG.....having said that, there are some excellent labs out there and perhaps it would be best to use those recommended.
In my own case I'm put off by the initial cost of a good printer, ink costs, having to calibrate (using a 'colourmunki') my monitor, etc.
I agree David have seen very good 5 star reviews in certain photo mags
like whitewall I think 1 is? I use a canon A4 printer at present but with my work taking off & having sold 39 images last week I`m seriously an A3 printer but yes like you said the cost such as inks? which cost a considerable amount as the 1 I`m looking at & most need at least 5 inks but the initial outlay is always a bit scary
& obviously you need to take into account the quality of the printer & the images it will you hope produce the very best.
I've only ever sold two images in my life (given plenty away, but that's another story) One to my dentist & one to my chiropodist.....both hang-up in there respective waiting rooms. Alas, that's not what I'm about.
I'm just away to my village fete now (camera in hand) so hopefully I spot something worth snapping.
I've only ever sold two images in my life (given plenty away, but that's another story) One to my dentist & one to my chiropodist.....both hang-up in there respective waiting rooms. Alas, that's not what I'm about.
I'm just away to my village fete now (camera in hand) so hopefully I spot something worth snapping.
Yes 39 & that was my reaction when my client bought them the phrase *feather knock down springs to mind*
well van gogh sold what was it? 1 in his whole life so you outsold him
lucky you I`m a city lad but my heart is in the country always has been
funny that not having ever lived or been even born there?
Obtaining hard copies is easy peasy, NorthanLass. I can't be troubled to go to the trouble & expense of printing my own, so I upload mine for club competitions to one of the dozens of online labs.
Thanks for that. It could come in handy. I have friends who are proper pro photographers with all the gear and who have offered to print for me but I don't like to take advantage too often.
I find things work best if you keep the actual file size under 1MB. The two ways of doing that are to use a different jpeg compression level (better photo editors let you control when you save the images) and/or resize the images but doing that reduces the degree we can zoom-in to a posted photo. For a free solution which works great in Windows, try Irfanview: http://www.irfanview.com/
When you use Save As, there is a simple slider to change the jpeg compression level (labelled "Save quality.")
This is a 3072x2304 image saved at level 70 which produces a file size of 987KB:
As you can see, it's possible to zoom right in to the flowers.
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
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I understand,THG.....having said that, there are some excellent labs out there and perhaps it would be best to use those recommended.
In my own case I'm put off by the initial cost of a good printer, ink costs, having to calibrate (using a 'colourmunki') my monitor, etc.
I agree David have seen very good 5 star reviews in certain photo mags
like whitewall I think 1 is? I use a canon A4 printer at present but with my work taking off & having sold 39 images last week I`m seriously an A3 printer but yes like you said the cost such as inks? which cost a considerable amount as the 1 I`m looking at & most need at least 5 inks but the initial outlay is always a bit scary
& obviously you need to take into account the quality of the printer & the images it will you hope produce the very best.
Continuous ink feed may be worth considering.
Sold '39 images in one week' eh? Well done!
I've only ever sold two images in my life (given plenty away, but that's another story) One to my dentist & one to my chiropodist.....both hang-up in there respective waiting rooms. Alas, that's not what I'm about.
I'm just away to my village fete now (camera in hand) so hopefully I spot something worth snapping.
Yes 39
& that was my reaction when my client bought them the phrase *feather knock down springs to mind*
well van gogh sold what was it? 1 in his whole life
so you outsold him
lucky you I`m a city lad but my heart is in the country always has been
funny that not having ever lived or been even born there?
hope you get some really good shots
chat soon
Well they are still very good & you have a strong eye
you should really consider showing them or entering for competitions NL.
Thanks for that. It could come in handy. I have friends who are proper pro photographers with all the gear and who have offered to print for me but I don't like to take advantage too often.
Great pics Charlie, love the bird one. Rose is lovely too, whats it called please.
Oooops sorry Northernlass, I've just gone back a page and realised the birdie pic is yours. Love the woodpecker, really great pics .
I find things work best if you keep the actual file size under 1MB. The two ways of doing that are to use a different jpeg compression level (better photo editors let you control when you save the images) and/or resize the images but doing that reduces the degree we can zoom-in to a posted photo. For a free solution which works great in Windows, try Irfanview: http://www.irfanview.com/
When you use Save As, there is a simple slider to change the jpeg compression level (labelled "Save quality.")
This is a 3072x2304 image saved at level 70 which produces a file size of 987KB:
As you can see, it's possible to zoom right in to the flowers.