Forum: Photography


Subject: Do you print in standard sizes? I don't. The print is the proof of the shot to

TomDart opened this issue on Apr 10, 2008 · 10 posts


TomDart posted Thu, 10 April 2008 at 9:30 PM

Do you print in standard sizes? I don't.   Why? Well an A4 or an 8" x 10" often simply does not fit the composition.  

I have always felt a print is the real proof of the photo, viewed in reflected light.  Is color right? Is clarity there in this resolution which is quite more telling than the monitor of a computer?  And,  is the composition  right to express the intent of the image?

I have lots of prints around here.  It would cost so much to have all framed and I suspect many will not get framed. Mats will need to be cut to fit the photo which often has white padding around.

I am not stuck to the "A" sizes or the conventional USA inch sizes but printers often are. So, we get padding around the photo.

So, do you print  selected images and do you stick to conventional sizes?

Curious to know.       TomDArt.