Well, I'd hate to think we've reached a point where it's "beyond most photographers expertise" to make their own prints! I'm not one of those darkroom snobs - I shoot and print digitally and, believe me, I don't miss the mess and expense of the darkroom one bit - but I also believe that the art of the print is just as important as capturing the image. And just because the print comes off of an inkjet printer rather than from a chemical tray doesn't make it any less important of a skill for all photographers who consider themselves artists. The print is the actual "piece of art" and the artist needs to have controlled the entire process.
I have no problem with using professional print labs when needed - I use one when I need prints larger than I can print on my Epson 3880 - but I give the lab a processed, ready to print file and a small print for them to match so I've kept control of the process.
Here's an idea that I've never thought of this until just now: We need labs that rent out space and time on large pro printers just like the days when one could rent time in a commercial darkroom for those that didn't have their own. Their would be a tech hanging around to handle the actual printer but everything else would be controlled by the customer using on premises computers loaded with Photoshop. You'd bring your image files on CD and you could bring your own paper or buy from a selection of papers offered by the lab. Pay by the hour just like darkroom time. Hey, that might make a good business model!
--- In artshow_photo@yahoogroups.com, Rod Melotte <grinder12000@...> wrote:
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> You have to MAKE your own prints? I would say screw that show!
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> Just my opinion but that is above and beyond most photographers expertise.
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> Melotte Photo Imagery
> Photography With an Edge
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> From: Thomas <tom@...>
> To: artshow_photo@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wed, May 25, 2011 11:39:05 AM
> Subject: [artshow_photo] Canvas Printing
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> I have a couple of images that I think might work well as canvas prints. I have
> a show coming up in the Fall that requires I make my own prints. The largest
> print I can make in-house is 17x22 with the Epson 3880. After the 4" for the
> wrap, the largest piece I can produce is 13x18. Is this too small for an
> impressive canvas wrap? Subjects are basically landscapes. Anybody using the
> 3880 for canvas?
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> Thanks,
> Tom Gatlin
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