Never Forget These 5 Reasons to Print Your Work! | Printing

Here at The Visual Center we love printing our photography. In this video, we share 5 reasons printing your work will improve your Photography. No matter what you call it inkjet, giclee, pigment printing or just fine art, printing can help you learn a lot about how you create photographs.
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0:00 Introduction
0:35 Opening
0:43 Trent's Story
1:12 Carlos' Story
1:54 Reason 1 - Helps evaluate your process
2:04 Reason 2 - Understand how your shoot
2:19 Reason 3- Image becomes a physical object
2:29 Reason 4 - Becomes more real
2:46 Reason 5 - A visceral experience
3:05 Bonus Reasons
3:25 The Visual Center now prints for customers
3:49 "I said it again!"
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[@matthoffman6962]

Is the total printed part say 13x19 and the actual image smaller? In this case it may be 12x18 and 1 inch border around to make up the paper size. Basically what I’m asking is, do you keep the traditional paper sizes 16x24, 24x36 and the actual image is 1-2inch smaller. I’m not looking for odd paper sizes.

[@TheVisualCenter]

If you want a border on a “traditional paper” size then yes, you would need to make the image smaller. Or, you could print “traditional paper” size images on larger paper.

[@matthoffman6962]

@@TheVisualCenter thanks! Basically what I’m looking for. Wondering if there’s some sort of standard or if it’s really “subjective”.

[@TheVisualCenter]

I think it would depend on the photographer and their work. Are you selling prints? Then standard sizes are probably important to your customers. If you’re printing to hang work in your home then print images at whatever size you want.

[@matthoffman6962]

@@TheVisualCenter I will be printing to sell my work to clients so that makes a lot of sense. Thank you for all the input and help with this.