This brought me to the US site instead of the Canadian one where I am. The code did not work on this site, but I would think I should use the Canadian site?
"Set your monitor brightness to 80 or 80% of wide open..." describing 100% monitor brightness as wide open is the most photographer thing I've heard. And I love it!
Monitors and TVs are always shipped default way too bright. I do sometimes check my photos look on my HDTV. My HDTV is always a little brighter and the color is a set a little stronger. I might have my monitors set slightly dull. I've never done the official calibration.
Hi Simon. I've always had an interest in photography but never got into it. I've watched all of your videos, and I started a new hobby. You have an amazing gift for teaching (and photography!)
Printing photographs is, in my opinion, the most rewarding part of the entire process. I have gotten 10 of my works printed on different media some canvas prints, simple glossy paper, metal, and glass prints and they all adorne my living room walls. It feels amazing to go from a digital piece that you have seen on your computer monitor to something you can actually hold, decorate your house, or gift to friends. I agree 100% with you, if you are a photographer, PRINT YOUR WORK, you will absolutely love it.
Setting your screen brightness to about 80% isn’t something I knew to do in post work. I lowered my screen brightness, reviewed my work and saw things looked a bit darker than I originally thought. This was a very helpful tip
Indeed. My solution to crushed blacks when printing is to make a series of adjustments in Photoshop, making test prints of sample regions, deciding which is the best _then_ printing the whole image using the optimal settings. I guess it's a throwback to developing a test strip in a darkroom. It never occurred to me that the difference between emitted and reflected light is the crux of the problem, or that turning my monitor brightness down would be the solution! 😊
Your acrylic prints is amazing. Acrylics are so beautiful. I’ve seen some hanging in one of the hotels at Zion national Park, I wanted to buy it, but it was so expensive…. but was one of the most beautiful photos I think I’ve ever seen of the canyon. Idea: you could write a book for novices starting with chapter 1, “how to set your computer and monitor up before editing”, chapter 2, “how to start with camera settings; multiple scenarios”, amd chapters on lenses, filters, editing/settings-functions in the editing programs” how to book, (with examples & assignments too) and thenprinting stuff…..its endless 😃. I would def buy bc its the book I need! 😛
It made me smile to see you that happy when you saw the finished product, Simon! You deserve all the smiles that piece will bring you in the years to come. 😀
For the past week or so I’ve been using the Epson p700 sure color printer. I learned quickly that editing for the web and printing are so very different. Got to open up those shadows . I’m trying out some Moab paper now. Printing a few test images at 8 by 10 to get the feel of things. My father and my uncles were all in the print making buisness. Most wouldn’t know that they were referred to as lithographers. He did catalog printing with toxic chemicals back then . The digital age hadn’t started yet to most was done manually with etching plates and hand cleaning each plate when a color change happened. I was just a kid and remembered going to work with him and how bad it smelled. We’ve come along way and now I’m really glad I started doing it myself. Thanks for your videos and the acrylic looks fantastic.
When watching/reading tips on internet, everyone seem to be contradictory... I'm glad I found you Simon, because your work inspires me, and you explain things so naturally, I feel right at home. Thank you, Merci
Ive been photographing for over 10 years, since my early teens and only printed photos 2 or 3 times. Last week my mom called, and asked if she might have some of my landscape shots to print and hang in their remodeled livingroom. So this is some excellent timing 😄 Yet another great, teachable video - thank you!
Wonderful tips as always, I learnt some of those earlier when I made multiple mistakes, with bright monitor and not slightly brightening the photos before sending them out for print. Now I do these on top of getting a wide gamut monitor with a calibrator, the end result when I was holding an A4 print was just amazing.
Hey, Simon. This is one of my favorite videos ever. I have well over 100,000 photos in Lightroom, a lot of them edited, and very few on my wall. Edit: I counted, right now I have 5 total. You're 100% right about prints not turning out how you want.
I have the luxury of having a brilliant printer available to do my work. If I did it, it wouldn't be nearly so great simply because of the variety of high quality papers he has and his deep knowledge of printing. He does museum and art gallery exhibits. The work is absolutely stunning because he truly understands color, ink and papers.
I want to thank you for every information you provide for us. I really did struggle with the idea to become a photographer. But now after 6 years of hobby photography I am 20 and I'll give it a shot. Bought a used Nikon D850 and am thrilled to go out there and take some great photos. Many greetings and best wishes from germany.❤
I attended the LeMans 24Hr a couple of years ago. Rather than printing out dozens of prints I chose to make a book using one of the online vendors. An amazing solution to sharing pictures with friends. Now to do the same with all my other favourite pictures.
Printing my photos has been one of the most fulfilling things I’ve done in my life. When you see your work enlarged and in all its glory is a MUST experience for any photography enthusiast. And the bigger the better! My most common are 20x80” and 36x45”
There is an amazing printer near where I live that prints on anything but paper. I have had a number of metal prints made. When I wanted to do an acrylic print, they showed me why my choice of image was not going to look good on the medium. They don't print on paper and then stick the acrylic over it. They print directly on the acrylic. One of these days I'm going to get one, then have LEDs to light the edges, and it's going to pop! I want to do an image of the night sky, such as a lunar eclipse or a Milky Way. Then the stars will glisten like they do when you look up to see them at night. I just might give Whitewall a try, too. Great tips. Keep up the good work of encouraging and teaching!
I have an entire section in my displays just for long prints. (4 & 5') They sell well and are also limited editions. I do have images that are 36 x 48 that are made from my old Rebel XTi and you can't notice the grain on semi gloss paper. Having a person of family go crazy over a print and see it in the home is very inspiring. I have a good place to get acrylic done and so far everything just pops. Calibration is the only way to make sure your spot on and always in a room with the same gamma. I too am a control freak. Printing film makes you that way. ON anything i have get printed I stay and watch my prints being made.It is almost as good as doing it myself. Glad to see your work on the wall of your new place.
I have a Canon Pro Pixma G6020 mega-tank printer that prints amazingly well. The ink is not cartridges but large tanks that when full can print almost 10,000 full color prints. I never have to buy ink ever again. The prints are so much more satisfying to view than on monitor and I'll usually print an image to see what corrections it may need rather than viewing on a monitor. My favorite paper is Canon Pro Luster as it's a nice equal balance of glossy and subtle matte look.
I dont print often in large scale. Me and my wife create more often large foto books. But when I print, then I also let Whitewall do the job. The quality is really outstanding in my opinion. Thanks for the tip with the monitor brightness!
I print out my favourite photos to display on my walls. They remind me of my travels, provide great memories and sometimes it’s just a reminder that ‘I nailed it’ and got it right ( at least from my perspective) I love your videos as there is always opportunity to learn and are straight to the point. Thanks for sharing.
It's so easy for your great photos to end up buried in the computer these days, it's so worth it to print, so you can be reminded and see what you can do, and what you like. In the past it was pretty rare to just get negatives and never print any - almost everyone did even if just 4x6's from the drug store.
Excellent. Printing my shots in various sizes has been a game changer and yes, I caught myself editing too darkly. I have reduced the brightness on my monitor. Before I purchase a larger more expensive gallery wrap, metal etc. I test the shots at 11x14 or 16x20. Usually if it looks good at 16x20 it will look larger at 24x36 etc. Exporting at its natural largest size and works as well as raising the pixel count at export it seems so far.
Hi Simon, great video and that grin on your face is telling it all. You mentioned various tips regarding monitor settings. May I be so bold to add one setting that’s often forgotten and applicable to Mac screen users only. Almost all Apple screens (iPhone, iPad, iMac, Mac Studio Display) have 2 settings True Tone and Night Shift. True Tone is supposed to adjust the colors to match ambient light conditions and Night Shift makes the screen more warm during dark hours as thats supposed to be more comfortable. For editing purposes these two settings may destroy your final result.
I love that print you have there! 😍. I print often on my Pro 1000 often for myself and also as gifts to my clients as a surprise after a particular shoot (framed, packaged and gift wrapped) I agree photographers should print and hang our work. That print you have is next on my radar. Thank you for Sharing the company info with us. 🙏🏾
Are you reading my thoughts and concerns?? It's now the third time I've thought or something and searched the Internet but couldn't get satisfactory answers. Then voila, a video from you explaining and making things clear and easy to understand!
I’ve got a few thousand photos I’ve taken from Vietnam, England; and around my town in the Midwest. Its never struck me that people would want to buy prints to decorate their home. I’ve thought about making a website just as a portfolio for fun. Thanks for the inspiration.
It's not. Just export as jpg no compression-100%. When taking the photo try cropping through the viewfinder so you're not having to crop so much in post editing to retain the resolution. When exporting to jpg or Tiff, I set the resolution to 300dpi(dots per inch) which is what most pro printers will print. Then you can resize the print to whatever size you'd like to print by multiplying the longest side of the image by 300 (dpi). Ex: if you want to print a 16x20 inch size print then the longest side of the print is 20 inches times 300 = 6000 so make sure the resize output shows the longest side is not less than 6000. If it is then a 16x20 size print will begin to pixilated and you'll need to downsize the print. Always photograph at the highest resolution possible so you can allow more room to work with when editing and exporting your work.
The "daunting" part of printing is the cost! Printer ink is very expensive and the "occasional" printer (most amateurs) is often troubled by ink that dries in the printer head due to disuse. This requires a cleaning cycle which gobbles more ink and the costs really start to mount up. More and more photography is becoming (like many other things) a hobby requiring a pretty substantial income. Whenever a friend says that digital photography is cheap because you don't have to buy film I’m caught between laughter and tears. All that said this was both an interesting and useful video…as are most of the ones done by this photographer.
I recently started printing my shots to decorate our apartment and have found it so rewarding. I've been doing canvas prints through Walgreens. I know it's not super high end printing but they actually have come out pretty good and when you check their website for coupons I've been getting them made for less than $20 which is a huge bargain, especially when you're decorating on a budget!
I've noticed some labs only take jpegs. Yes, I agree. It's important to print. Though I love metal over acrylic. I have three 16x20s in metal of my dog catching treats on my living room wall. I love that glossy shine. Thanks for another great video!
My wife just had a lot of my work printed because she's into scrapbook. Beautiful milkyway for you cottage wall. Sounds like making you cottage your permanent home will be great for you. Thanks for your videos.
Simon, I see preparations for a TV over your fireplace. I highly recommend the frame TV. It's a great way to showcase your work and with the lighting, matte finish, and a frame it will look just like Art when you are not watching TV (or your favorite TH-camr).
Great tip about raising the midtones and shadows for printing. I wish I had done that before the last two images I had printed. The shadows in my print were too muddy.
Awesome information. Having your work displayed is very satisfying. I am what I would call an above average hobby photographer. I am also a woodworker in South Texas where I make cooking utensils out of mesquite wood and therefore, make frames for my prints out of mesquite. I love seeing them on my walls.
Thanks for that, Simon. I have printed off some of my recent photos on canvas and, after trying two different suppliers, I got something close to what I wanted. Your video has highlighted quite a few mistakes I had made so - many thanks!
Great -- I love getting work printed, and this was very informative -- although I am an amateur I always strive to get professional looking results. Thank you --
Thank you so much for this video. I was thinking about doing a print for home , but couldn't decide if I wanted to do another canvas or something else. Out of the blue my friend sent me a link and low and behold you helped me out haha Look forward to seeing more of your videos 👌🏻
In 2024? In today's terms the life of a photograph is digital. You print all of your photos? That's an expensive proposition now. Even printing all the good photos on your color printer at home, and supplying your ink-jet printer with enough ink can get quite pricey. When most people you deal with now, just want to be shared those photos on 'Social-Media' or a Text.
@@robertkoernke588 No I don't--and I think you missed my point and I'll admit I'm playing with semantics. Note that Simon himself titled this "Don't Let Your Photos Only Live On Your Computer" so I think I'm restating what he says. I actually print a very small portion of my photos and frame an even smaller portion of those--what I consider to be 'wall-worthy art'. 'Pictures' and 'photos' are great for capturing memories (I have thousands of those, mostly only digital). What I consider to be a true 'photograph' (again nothing more than my opinion) is artwork--and worth the effort of editing/printing/framing/displaying. Most professional photographers (and I don't pretend to be one) only sell prints for a reason.
The two best printers are White Wall and Nevada Art Printers. I just had and entire exhibition done on acrylic by Nevada Art Printers, prints done directly to the acrylic and the results are fabulous!
Ty so much for sharing!!! I wanted to print family photos for Mother’s Day in a few weeks. This came out just in time… that acrylic print came out amazing!!!
Thanks Simon for enlightening me about Whitewall. I have marked it in favourites. Now coming to your acrylic frame- it was stunning. A thing of beauty is a joy forever 🙂
Thanks a lot for this video. I've currently ordered the samples from whitewall and that's an amazing way to imagine the end result of a print! It's the best lesson I had, moreover, the price I spent for my samples (about 80$), will be cashedback on my next order. Thanks your tips, i've heard a lot of different things about sharpening. I like your approach and concerning the extra brightness I agree with printing it really matters :-) Thanks again for all the tips and tricks you are sharing with all of us !
Whitewall is the way to go! I used them before and the print quality was so good. Recently I tried using London Drugs printing because I wanted to see if affordable was just as good, definitely NOT lol so yeah from now on I’ll be sticking with whitewall and investing properly in my prints to get full quality. Amazing print btw!
Hi Simon. I’m so happy for you and your reaction to your dream print come true. I’ve had a collector use some of my landscapes to decorate his guest cottage. 4 feet by 8 feet was the largest. BayPhoto in California did the work. One error on a tripanel print. I used glossy prints on aluminum. I have since switched to matte finish due to the reflections issue you mentioned. There’s no substitute to seeing your own work in large print format!
I agree, it's so rewarding to see your work printed and hanging on a wall 😌 I saw your eclipse photo on IG, it's stunning! (I use a company from Minnesota called WHCC for my prints)
Beautiful print, Simon!! I would love to get some of my work printed. I didn't think I would ever have a photograph that I'd want to print, especially only starting as a hobby less than a year ago. Thank you for the advice!
I wish you'd have talked about adding light for the print. Prints drive me crazy in the house. There's glare from all the windows and then at night, it's too dark to really see the print. I'm not crazy about adding all the wiring for placement of photo lights. I think instead I'm going to go for a large Samsung "the frame" as the glare reduction on that monitor is superb and it provides it's own backlighting. I then don't have to pay for all the prints.
I took a photography on-site course at the end of last year ( I learnt more from YOU that from the entire course, but oh well I wanted the certification heh). We were asked to have a presentation with photos printed for closing the course. Mine were a set of wildlife subjects that I captured during my trip to Costa Rica at the end of November last year. When I got them printed, man I was so happy. They looked better than digital, for a reason!
I've never been given a clearer explanation of the different RGB variations than that chart you used. I hope you don't mind me saving a screenshot of it. I've been using sRGB but I'll change it to one of the others and see if there's a difference in my editing and output.
Thanks for all the videos you make, they help us a ton! Afaik Adobe and ISO recommend 120 nits or cd/m² of brightness for monitors, many reviews calibrate to 100 nits which is also fine. As far as colour temperature goes for printing Adobe recommends matching to your printing medium, often that's a warmer 5000K white point for paper than the standard 6500K for just viewing on a monitor
Beautiful shot looks great and I've done a few of my own and it is nice to see them upon the wall. We have done it in canvas though. As we live in a fifth wheel.
I love the photo of you holding your acrylic print! Your smile makes me happy - as does your wonderful photography. Another educational and enjoyable video, thank you!
Glad to hear another photographer moving into offering their work in Limited Editions. When it comes to acceptance in the art world, limited editions is a must for most galleries, and collectors. Its too bad many photographers that sell their work just keep hitting print limitless, either because they don't know about why or how you would go about releasing as editions and the extra steps involved, or because they would rather sell 200 prints at $70 then 5 prints at $1400. But it has an impact on all photographers by devaluing the genre of Photographic Art with a lot of galleries just flat out not considering photography part of contemporary art because the value isn't guaranteed when someone can just keep hitting print.
As usual, a video packed with solid gold tips. One aspect you did not mention: The method of mounting the acrylic panel to the wall. I could not see any screws.
I never even thought or considered to actually print my own pictures, even though im just a hobbyist. But it feels me with joy to see my pictures hung, even if it's just in my room. Plus i have a mahogany picture frame I've been meaning to use. P.s. you are right about having that special feeling seeing your prints in frame
Glad you liked your Milky Way Panorama Print, Simon. You looked like a kid opening a present at Christmas. Best wishes & thank you for your excellent YT channel. 😊
One trick that I use for my own printing is to make a trial print or two at reduced size - say 8.5 x 11 - before I commit to a big print - perhaps 17 x 23. This helps me to refine colours and tone without wasting expensive paper and ink.
Hi Simon, I like this video very much. I’m currently also looking at printing on acrylic. I have printed my Black&White photos a baryta paper. That looks amazing in my home. I stopped posting photos on social media and print just for myself. That gives me more joy than posting for likes. And best of all, no power or account needed enjoy my photos 😁 Lot’s of greetings, Dennis 🇳🇱
I have had a couple large framed pictures made and a few canvas pictures made. I sometimes get those free 4 x 6 prints made to see how they turn out. I would guess over 90% actually turn out right. The ones that are a bit off are usually because of some mistake I made LOL. I wish we had a view of the night sky. I have some moon photos but we don't see very many stars here. That acrylic print looks really good.
Thanks for the video and information. Printing is expensive so it helps to know how a professional goes about the process. Congratulations on the move and the beautiful wall photo!
I used whitewall for a few fotos also on the thick acrylic material and still love it. They are not exactly a bargain, but hey.. you get what you pay for
Hi Simon, saw a comment on one of your other videos calling you the Bob Ross of photography, and after binge watching your content over the ast couple of weeks, I couldn't agree more. Keep them coming and happy shooting, fellow canuck!
Really neat that they still use silver gelatin RA-4 paper for prints, and they are BIG too! Been thinking about maybe printing color in my home darkroom, but maybe not THAT big, 11x14 is the max my enlarger can reasonably do lol
Great subject! I remember when my dad opened a lab back in the early 80's, during my high school days. I think it was because he wanted control over his personal prints while providing better printing for customers. Some of that has stuck with me all these years. I recall the first time I saw my own work printed in a calendar and I was glad it was a silhouette image that had been purchased, for it was quite a bit darker than I ever intended! As for making prints from MFT sensors, I agree 110%... Normal viewing distances really make it a mute point. You ARE a bad influence, though, for now I'm on the verge of playing with Milky Way panoramas in the badlands of western North Dakota... Pffft lol... Thanks for sharing great content without being over the top. :)
I saw your Instagram post first. 😊 This video is great. You provide some great and helpful tips. Thanks! Video does set me to thinking about the big differences between growing up with film, compared to the digital we use now.
Another great and timely video. I just got back from vacation and I am processing some pictures to print. The color space I use is sRGB because most screens convert Adobe RGB color space to sRGB and throw away all those extra blues and greens. Also, I don’t own a high end monitor and can’t see the difference. So my two cents is know if your monitor or printer has Adobe color space support.
Hi Simon, always learning new tips on your channel, thank you for that. I do like the idea of a MONITOR CALIBRATION DEVICE, I'm using Windows 10 and I will give this a go. Many times when I go to the photo processing lab to develop my prints, they are darker than my laptop monitor. You are so right when you said printing our photos is our reward, I always feel good when I print my photos. Great acrilyc photo you chose to put on your wall. Thanks for sharing your joy to us viewers. 😊
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Great video! What photo paper do you use? What have you had success with and what paper to avoid.
@@atruceforbruce5388 ...did you watch the video?
This brought me to the US site instead of the Canadian one where I am. The code did not work on this site, but I would think I should use the Canadian site?
"Set your monitor brightness to 80 or 80% of wide open..." describing 100% monitor brightness as wide open is the most photographer thing I've heard. And I love it!
😂
lol so true! Or motorcyclists….
@@simon_dentremont True! A wide open camera is a little less scary than a wide open throttle though 😳
Monitors and TVs are always shipped default way too bright. I do sometimes check my photos look on my HDTV. My HDTV is always a little brighter and the color is a set a little stronger. I might have my monitors set slightly dull. I've never done the official calibration.
@@simon_dentremont 😂😂😂 "wide open and flat on the tank"
Simon, the smile in your face when you opened that box was priceless. I can sense your feeling.
Hi Simon. I've always had an interest in photography but never got into it. I've watched all of your videos, and I started a new hobby. You have an amazing gift for teaching (and photography!)
Great to hear!
The part you left out is the price…keep an oxygen bottle nearby when you reach the payment section of the order form!
yea, somewhere above $1500 !!!!!!
Printing photographs is, in my opinion, the most rewarding part of the entire process. I have gotten 10 of my works printed on different media some canvas prints, simple glossy paper, metal, and glass prints and they all adorne my living room walls. It feels amazing to go from a digital piece that you have seen on your computer monitor to something you can actually hold, decorate your house, or gift to friends. I agree 100% with you, if you are a photographer, PRINT YOUR WORK, you will absolutely love it.
Lol, what is the chance of us releasing a video on printing within 1 hour of each other without coordinating 😅
Haha conspiracy theorists will think we have a plan to manipulate the algorithm! Love your stuff Mads! Keep it up!
Great minds think alike
Ummm... Nigel Danson did one three days ago too!
I saw that too 😂
I follow all of you and noticed that myself. (Maybe Heaton or Gibbs will do one next.) Too weird.
Setting your screen brightness to about 80% isn’t something I knew to do in post work. I lowered my screen brightness, reviewed my work and saw things looked a bit darker than I originally thought. This was a very helpful tip
Indeed. My solution to crushed blacks when printing is to make a series of adjustments in Photoshop, making test prints of sample regions, deciding which is the best _then_ printing the whole image using the optimal settings. I guess it's a throwback to developing a test strip in a darkroom. It never occurred to me that the difference between emitted and reflected light is the crux of the problem, or that turning my monitor brightness down would be the solution! 😊
Normal monitors and HDTV are shipped to be defaulted as way to bright. They do this on purpose.
Your acrylic prints is amazing. Acrylics are so beautiful. I’ve seen some hanging in one of the hotels at Zion national Park, I wanted to buy it, but it was so expensive…. but was one of the most beautiful photos I think I’ve ever seen of the canyon.
Idea: you could write a book for novices starting with chapter 1, “how to set your computer and monitor up before editing”, chapter 2, “how to start with camera settings; multiple scenarios”, amd chapters on lenses, filters, editing/settings-functions in the editing programs” how to book, (with examples & assignments too) and thenprinting stuff…..its endless 😃. I would def buy bc its the book I need! 😛
It made me smile to see you that happy when you saw the finished product, Simon! You deserve all the smiles that piece will bring you in the years to come. 😀
Thanks again!
For the past week or so I’ve been using the Epson p700 sure color printer. I learned quickly that editing for the web and printing are so very different. Got to open up those shadows . I’m trying out some Moab paper now. Printing a few test images at 8 by 10 to get the feel of things. My father and my uncles were all in the print making buisness. Most wouldn’t know that they were referred to as lithographers. He did catalog printing with toxic chemicals back then . The digital age hadn’t started yet to most was done manually with etching plates and hand cleaning each plate when a color change happened. I was just a kid and remembered going to work with him and how bad it smelled. We’ve come along way and now I’m really glad I started doing it myself. Thanks for your videos and the acrylic looks fantastic.
When I first started photography 10 years ago, Anthony Morganti was the creator I learned off of, now its Simon. Never stop learning!
When watching/reading tips on internet, everyone seem to be contradictory...
I'm glad I found you Simon, because your work inspires me, and you explain things so naturally, I feel right at home.
Thank you, Merci
Ive been photographing for over 10 years, since my early teens and only printed photos 2 or 3 times. Last week my mom called, and asked if she might have some of my landscape shots to print and hang in their remodeled livingroom.
So this is some excellent timing 😄
Yet another great, teachable video - thank you!
Wonderful tips as always, I learnt some of those earlier when I made multiple mistakes, with bright monitor and not slightly brightening the photos before sending them out for print. Now I do these on top of getting a wide gamut monitor with a calibrator, the end result when I was holding an A4 print was just amazing.
Great tip!
Tried out Whitewall printing. Easy to order, very happy with the resultant print. Ordered on Thursday, arrived on Monday-from Germany to Michigan!
Hey, Simon. This is one of my favorite videos ever. I have well over 100,000 photos in Lightroom, a lot of them edited, and very few on my wall.
Edit: I counted, right now I have 5 total. You're 100% right about prints not turning out how you want.
Great to hear!
I have the luxury of having a brilliant printer available to do my work. If I did it, it wouldn't be nearly so great simply because of the variety of high quality papers he has and his deep knowledge of printing. He does museum and art gallery exhibits. The work is absolutely stunning because he truly understands color, ink and papers.
I want to thank you for every information you provide for us. I really did struggle with the idea to become a photographer. But now after 6 years of hobby photography I am 20 and I'll give it a shot. Bought a used Nikon D850 and am thrilled to go out there and take some great photos. Many greetings and best wishes from germany.❤
Have fun and viel Spaß!
I attended the LeMans 24Hr a couple of years ago. Rather than printing out dozens of prints I chose to make a book using one of the online vendors. An amazing solution to sharing pictures with friends. Now to do the same with all my other favourite pictures.
I looove books! That’s my favorite thing to create 🤩
Printing my photos has been one of the most fulfilling things I’ve done in my life. When you see your work enlarged and in all its glory is a MUST experience for any photography enthusiast. And the bigger the better! My most common are 20x80” and 36x45”
There is an amazing printer near where I live that prints on anything but paper. I have had a number of metal prints made. When I wanted to do an acrylic print, they showed me why my choice of image was not going to look good on the medium.
They don't print on paper and then stick the acrylic over it. They print directly on the acrylic. One of these days I'm going to get one, then have LEDs to light the edges, and it's going to pop! I want to do an image of the night sky, such as a lunar eclipse or a Milky Way. Then the stars will glisten like they do when you look up to see them at night.
I just might give Whitewall a try, too. Great tips. Keep up the good work of encouraging and teaching!
I have an entire section in my displays just for long prints. (4 & 5') They sell well and are also limited editions. I do have images that are 36 x 48 that are made from my old Rebel XTi and you can't notice the grain on semi gloss paper. Having a person of family go crazy over a print and see it in the home is very inspiring. I have a good place to get acrylic done and so far everything just pops. Calibration is the only way to make sure your spot on and always in a room with the same gamma. I too am a control freak. Printing film makes you that way. ON anything i have get printed I stay and watch my prints being made.It is almost as good as doing it myself. Glad to see your work on the wall of your new place.
I have a Canon Pro Pixma G6020 mega-tank printer that prints amazingly well. The ink is not cartridges but large tanks that when full can print almost 10,000 full color prints. I never have to buy ink ever again. The prints are so much more satisfying to view than on monitor and I'll usually print an image to see what corrections it may need rather than viewing on a monitor. My favorite paper is Canon Pro Luster as it's a nice equal balance of glossy and subtle matte look.
I dont print often in large scale. Me and my wife create more often large foto books. But when I print, then I also let Whitewall do the job. The quality is really outstanding in my opinion. Thanks for the tip with the monitor brightness!
Thanks for sharing!
I print out my favourite photos to display on my walls. They remind me of my travels, provide great memories and sometimes it’s just a reminder that ‘I nailed it’ and got it right ( at least from my perspective)
I love your videos as there is always opportunity to learn and are straight to the point. Thanks for sharing.
It's so easy for your great photos to end up buried in the computer these days, it's so worth it to print, so you can be reminded and see what you can do, and what you like.
In the past it was pretty rare to just get negatives and never print any - almost everyone did even if just 4x6's from the drug store.
The look on your face when you opened your fantastic print!!!!!! 😀😀😀😀😀
Excellent. Printing my shots in various sizes has been a game changer and yes, I caught myself editing too darkly. I have reduced the brightness on my monitor. Before I purchase a larger more expensive gallery wrap, metal etc. I test the shots at 11x14 or 16x20. Usually if it looks good at 16x20 it will look larger at 24x36 etc. Exporting at its natural largest size and works as well as raising the pixel count at export it seems so far.
Best chanel for photo… know whitewall for years. Perfect.
Hi Simon, great video and that grin on your face is telling it all. You mentioned various tips regarding monitor settings. May I be so bold to add one setting that’s often forgotten and applicable to Mac screen users only. Almost all Apple screens (iPhone, iPad, iMac, Mac Studio Display) have 2 settings True Tone and Night Shift. True Tone is supposed to adjust the colors to match ambient light conditions and Night Shift makes the screen more warm during dark hours as thats supposed to be more comfortable. For editing purposes these two settings may destroy your final result.
I also find I need to raise the exposure 2/3 to almost 1 stop if I print. Great Milky Way photo Simon!
I love that print you have there! 😍. I print often on my Pro 1000 often for myself and also as gifts to my clients as a surprise after a particular shoot (framed, packaged and gift wrapped) I agree photographers should print and hang our work.
That print you have is next on my radar. Thank you for Sharing the company info with us. 🙏🏾
Are you reading my thoughts and concerns?? It's now the third time I've thought or something and searched the Internet but couldn't get satisfactory answers. Then voila, a video from you explaining and making things clear and easy to understand!
My spies are everywhere
@@simon_dentremont aaah 😁😂💛
You're the best
All the best on your new living space. From what I gather, couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.
I’ve got a few thousand photos I’ve taken from Vietnam, England; and around my town in the Midwest. Its never struck me that people would want to buy prints to decorate their home. I’ve thought about making a website just as a portfolio for fun.
Thanks for the inspiration.
Watching this video makes me aware of just how much I am unprepared to print my photos. You have to know so many variables. It looks daunting.
It's not. Just export as jpg no compression-100%. When taking the photo try cropping through the viewfinder so you're not having to crop so much in post editing to retain the resolution. When exporting to jpg or Tiff, I set the resolution to 300dpi(dots per inch) which is what most pro printers will print. Then you can resize the print to whatever size you'd like to print by multiplying the longest side of the image by 300 (dpi). Ex: if you want to print a 16x20 inch size print then the longest side of the print is 20 inches times 300 = 6000 so make sure the resize output shows the longest side is not less than 6000. If it is then a 16x20 size print will begin to pixilated and you'll need to downsize the print. Always photograph at the highest resolution possible so you can allow more room to work with when editing and exporting your work.
The "daunting" part of printing is the cost! Printer ink is very expensive and the "occasional" printer (most amateurs) is often troubled by ink that dries in the printer head due to disuse. This requires a cleaning cycle which gobbles more ink and the costs really start to mount up. More and more photography is becoming (like many other things) a hobby requiring a pretty substantial income. Whenever a friend says that digital photography is cheap because you don't have to buy film I’m caught between laughter and tears. All that said this was both an interesting and useful video…as are most of the ones done by this photographer.
I recently started printing my shots to decorate our apartment and have found it so rewarding. I've been doing canvas prints through Walgreens. I know it's not super high end printing but they actually have come out pretty good and when you check their website for coupons I've been getting them made for less than $20 which is a huge bargain, especially when you're decorating on a budget!
I've noticed some labs only take jpegs. Yes, I agree. It's important to print. Though I love metal over acrylic. I have three 16x20s in metal of my dog catching treats on my living room wall. I love that glossy shine. Thanks for another great video!
My wife just had a lot of my work printed because she's into scrapbook. Beautiful milkyway for you cottage wall. Sounds like making you cottage your permanent home will be great for you. Thanks for your videos.
Simon, I see preparations for a TV over your fireplace. I highly recommend the frame TV. It's a great way to showcase your work and with the lighting, matte finish, and a frame it will look just like Art when you are not watching TV (or your favorite TH-camr).
Thanks for the tip!
Great tip about raising the midtones and shadows for printing. I wish I had done that before the last two images I had printed. The shadows in my print were too muddy.
Awesome information. Having your work displayed is very satisfying. I am what I would call an above average hobby photographer. I am also a woodworker in South Texas where I make cooking utensils out of mesquite wood and therefore, make frames for my prints out of mesquite. I love seeing them on my walls.
Thanks for that, Simon. I have printed off some of my recent photos on canvas and, after trying two different suppliers, I got something close to what I wanted. Your video has highlighted quite a few mistakes I had made so - many thanks!
Great -- I love getting work printed, and this was very informative -- although I am an amateur I always strive to get professional looking results. Thank you --
Thank you so much for this video. I was thinking about doing a print for home , but couldn't decide if I wanted to do another canvas or something else. Out of the blue my friend sent me a link and low and behold you helped me out haha Look forward to seeing more of your videos 👌🏻
I started printing some of my photos a while back now. The largest I have gone is A4 but may go larger if I capture a shot I really love.
This is the 'how to print' video I've been waiting for--thanks! I've always said 'it's not a photograph until it's printed'!
In 2024? In today's terms the life of a photograph is digital. You print all of your photos? That's an expensive proposition now. Even printing all the good photos on your color printer at home, and supplying your ink-jet printer with enough ink can get quite pricey. When most people you deal with now, just want to be shared those photos on 'Social-Media' or a Text.
@@robertkoernke588 No I don't--and I think you missed my point and I'll admit I'm playing with semantics. Note that Simon himself titled this "Don't Let Your Photos Only Live On Your Computer" so I think I'm restating what he says. I actually print a very small portion of my photos and frame an even smaller portion of those--what I consider to be 'wall-worthy art'. 'Pictures' and 'photos' are great for capturing memories (I have thousands of those, mostly only digital). What I consider to be a true 'photograph' (again nothing more than my opinion) is artwork--and worth the effort of editing/printing/framing/displaying. Most professional photographers (and I don't pretend to be one) only sell prints for a reason.
I have a 52”x14” composite of the phases of the 2014 eclipse. Going to use Whitewall for both framed and metal versions.
You are spot on with excitement. The prints look absolutely fantastic. Thanks for doing the hard work for all of us.
The two best printers are White Wall and Nevada Art Printers. I just had and entire exhibition done on acrylic by Nevada Art Printers, prints done directly to the acrylic and the results are fabulous!
I had very good experience with white wall myself… try their metallic ones too, you are going to love them
Ty so much for sharing!!! I wanted to print family photos for Mother’s Day in a few weeks. This came out just in time… that acrylic print came out amazing!!!
Again, a detailed and comprehensive video. As a hobbyist photographer I needed it. Thanks !
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks Simon for enlightening me about Whitewall. I have marked it in favourites. Now coming to your acrylic frame- it was stunning. A thing of beauty is a joy forever 🙂
Thanks a lot for this video. I've currently ordered the samples from whitewall and that's an amazing way to imagine the end result of a print! It's the best lesson I had, moreover, the price I spent for my samples (about 80$), will be cashedback on my next order.
Thanks your tips, i've heard a lot of different things about sharpening. I like your approach and concerning the extra brightness I agree with printing it really matters :-)
Thanks again for all the tips and tricks you are sharing with all of us !
Hopefully someday I will shoot a wall worthy photo! So much fun trying! As always, thank you!
Fantastic acrylic print, wow! I really appreciate the tips on printing. Thank you again, Simon, for the information.
My pleasure!
Whitewall is the way to go! I used them before and the print quality was so good. Recently I tried using London Drugs printing because I wanted to see if affordable was just as good, definitely NOT lol so yeah from now on I’ll be sticking with whitewall and investing properly in my prints to get full quality.
Amazing print btw!
Hi Simon. I’m so happy for you and your reaction to your dream print come true. I’ve had a collector use some of my landscapes to decorate his guest cottage. 4 feet by 8 feet was the largest. BayPhoto in California did the work. One error on a tripanel print. I used glossy prints on aluminum. I have since switched to matte finish due to the reflections issue you mentioned. There’s no substitute to seeing your own work in large print format!
Thanks for this introduction to the bewildering world of photo printing. It would be great to see a review of the various online photo labs.
I agree, it's so rewarding to see your work printed and hanging on a wall 😌 I saw your eclipse photo on IG, it's stunning!
(I use a company from Minnesota called WHCC for my prints)
Beautiful print, Simon!! I would love to get some of my work printed. I didn't think I would ever have a photograph that I'd want to print, especially only starting as a hobby less than a year ago. Thank you for the advice!
I wish you'd have talked about adding light for the print. Prints drive me crazy in the house. There's glare from all the windows and then at night, it's too dark to really see the print. I'm not crazy about adding all the wiring for placement of photo lights. I think instead I'm going to go for a large Samsung "the frame" as the glare reduction on that monitor is superb and it provides it's own backlighting. I then don't have to pay for all the prints.
This seemed to come at the perfect time, I was actually just pricing out printing one of my favorite photos from a trip last night!
I was just watching your plover video.. that was finished and this pops up! Thanks for being a great teacher and keep growing (and inspiring)
Awesome! Thank you!
I took a photography on-site course at the end of last year ( I learnt more from YOU that from the entire course, but oh well I wanted the certification heh).
We were asked to have a presentation with photos printed for closing the course. Mine were a set of wildlife subjects that I captured during my trip to Costa Rica at the end of November last year.
When I got them printed, man I was so happy. They looked better than digital, for a reason!
I've never been given a clearer explanation of the different RGB variations than that chart you used. I hope you don't mind me saving a screenshot of it. I've been using sRGB but I'll change it to one of the others and see if there's a difference in my editing and output.
Thanks for all the videos you make, they help us a ton! Afaik Adobe and ISO recommend 120 nits or cd/m² of brightness for monitors, many reviews calibrate to 100 nits which is also fine. As far as colour temperature goes for printing Adobe recommends matching to your printing medium, often that's a warmer 5000K white point for paper than the standard 6500K for just viewing on a monitor
The print looks outstanding. One thing I am critical on is calibration. I eventually went with BasicColor software which works well with my Spyder.
Simon,
Excellent tips! White Wall ads have been popping up in my emails and FB - IG.
I’m going to give them a try👍🏻
Keep up the WONDERFUL tips.
Beautiful shot looks great and I've done a few of my own and it is nice to see them upon the wall. We have done it in canvas though. As we live in a fifth wheel.
Thank you very much. This is the stuff that needs to be taught, not many photographers teach it.
I love the photo of you holding your acrylic print! Your smile makes me happy - as does your wonderful photography. Another educational and enjoyable video, thank you!
Totally agree!!! I use a canon Pixma pro 100. I love printing at the A3+ size. Excellent video!!
Glad to hear another photographer moving into offering their work in Limited Editions. When it comes to acceptance in the art world, limited editions is a must for most galleries, and collectors. Its too bad many photographers that sell their work just keep hitting print limitless, either because they don't know about why or how you would go about releasing as editions and the extra steps involved, or because they would rather sell 200 prints at $70 then 5 prints at $1400. But it has an impact on all photographers by devaluing the genre of Photographic Art with a lot of galleries just flat out not considering photography part of contemporary art because the value isn't guaranteed when someone can just keep hitting print.
As usual, a video packed with solid gold tips. One aspect you did not mention: The method of mounting the acrylic panel to the wall. I could not see any screws.
I did put screws in the wall to hook the aluminum rails on.
@@simon_dentremont Ahh! 😀
I never even thought or considered to actually print my own pictures, even though im just a hobbyist. But it feels me with joy to see my pictures hung, even if it's just in my room. Plus i have a mahogany picture frame I've been meaning to use.
P.s. you are right about having that special feeling seeing your prints in frame
Glad you liked your Milky Way Panorama Print, Simon. You looked like a kid opening a present at Christmas. Best wishes & thank you for your excellent YT channel. 😊
I was!
One trick that I use for my own printing is to make a trial print or two at reduced size - say 8.5 x 11 - before I commit to a big print - perhaps 17 x 23. This helps me to refine colours and tone without wasting expensive paper and ink.
Great idea.
Hi Simon, I like this video very much. I’m currently also looking at printing on acrylic. I have printed my Black&White photos a baryta paper. That looks amazing in my home. I stopped posting photos on social media and print just for myself. That gives me more joy than posting for likes. And best of all, no power or account needed enjoy my photos 😁
Lot’s of greetings, Dennis 🇳🇱
I have had a couple large framed pictures made and a few canvas pictures made. I sometimes get those free 4 x 6 prints made to see how they turn out. I would guess over 90% actually turn out right. The ones that are a bit off are usually because of some mistake I made LOL. I wish we had a view of the night sky. I have some moon photos but we don't see very many stars here. That acrylic print looks really good.
I have used Whitewall for prints in the past and they are fantastic. Great video, very helpful.
Thanks for the video and information. Printing is expensive so it helps to know how a professional goes about the process. Congratulations on the move and the beautiful wall photo!
Looks great!! enjoy settling into your cottage!!
I thinking about print my photos this morning. And voilà, you upload this amazing tips. Thank you Simon. 🎉
Fantastic!
I used whitewall for a few fotos also on the thick acrylic material and still love it. They are not exactly a bargain, but hey.. you get what you pay for
I am actually using a printing company to print on MDF.
I find the Matte look to be preferred to the reflective acrylic prints.
Great tips! I recently printed some of my wildlife photos
That's awesome!
Love the print looked amazing. Totally agree printing images is a must and always fun. Acrylic images are amazing have a couple at home.
Simon d'Entremont, your photos are so great, I feel Canon made special cameras for you.
Hi Simon, saw a comment on one of your other videos calling you the Bob Ross of photography, and after binge watching your content over the ast couple of weeks, I couldn't agree more. Keep them coming and happy shooting, fellow canuck!
haha thanks!
Really neat that they still use silver gelatin RA-4 paper for prints, and they are BIG too! Been thinking about maybe printing color in my home darkroom, but maybe not THAT big, 11x14 is the max my enlarger can reasonably do lol
Great subject! I remember when my dad opened a lab back in the early 80's, during my high school days. I think it was because he wanted control over his personal prints while providing better printing for customers. Some of that has stuck with me all these years. I recall the first time I saw my own work printed in a calendar and I was glad it was a silhouette image that had been purchased, for it was quite a bit darker than I ever intended! As for making prints from MFT sensors, I agree 110%... Normal viewing distances really make it a mute point. You ARE a bad influence, though, for now I'm on the verge of playing with Milky Way panoramas in the badlands of western North Dakota... Pffft lol... Thanks for sharing great content without being over the top. :)
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I saw your Instagram post first. 😊 This video is great. You provide some great and helpful tips. Thanks!
Video does set me to thinking about the big differences between growing up with film, compared to the digital we use now.
Another great and timely video. I just got back from vacation and I am processing some pictures to print. The color space I use is sRGB because most screens convert Adobe RGB color space to sRGB and throw away all those extra blues and greens. Also, I don’t own a high end monitor and can’t see the difference. So my two cents is know if your monitor or printer has Adobe color space support.
THIS is what I want to do, thank you so much for the info!
Love your print!!! Yes I am fussy about my prints but the price for printing these days are pricey. I too love acrylic prints.
Thanks Simon for your insights and helpful printing tips!
Hi Simon, always learning new tips on your channel, thank you for that. I do like the idea of a MONITOR CALIBRATION DEVICE, I'm using Windows 10 and I will give this a go. Many times when I go to the photo processing lab to develop my prints, they are darker than my laptop monitor. You are so right when you said printing our photos is our reward, I always feel good when I print my photos. Great acrilyc photo you chose to put on your wall. Thanks for sharing your joy to us viewers. 😊
Cool, thanks
@@simon_dentremont Your welcome Simon, thank you 😊
That's amazing! The pure joy on your face put me in a good mood first thing this morning. Thank you for sharing!
I'm so glad!