Digital BW, The Print

Just deleted my original post and am reposting

because I notice that I am RANTING  :)  and want to apologize  SORRY

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But

I think that he is narrow minded and out of touch with reality.

Doesn't mean that he isn't smart, artistic with good taste, a great guy, etc.  That is a 
different subject.

:)

I admit that when I switched to digital printing that I hesitated on matte paper,

but the prints AND BLACKS are superior to Illford silver gelatin fiber based paper and they 
look great. Better than FINE darkroom prints.  Wasn't easy to get there though.

The last techno oriented comment I had is that "They CAN"T be inkjet".

HA!

bronzing? don't use glossy paper---it never looked very good anyway, though air dried
was fine.

Incidentally, air dried Illford silver gelatin paper (was it glossy or pearl???) has bronzing 
too---just look at it at a high angle (i.e. looking for bronzing not admiring it)  Or would 
we call it an embossed look, or?

bronzing? frame them behind glass. It is a total non issue except to people hoping to find 
fault. Yes, I've done it too---peered very closely to see if there were dots, or this or that.

Framing behind glass also makes them "look glossy"; well sort of. You can't tell the 
difference I think except that there are no annoying reflections from a glossy surface. 
(same for semigloss, reflections I mean)

Incidentally, only photographers use glossy paper, not fine artist's from other mediums
(oil, watercolor, ink, charcoal, pastel, etc).

Scott

But,--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "SteveZ" <blizzie12@y...> 
wrote:
> 
> 
> Today I met with an old associate of mine, he owns a local framing 
> store, but his specialty is fine art photography and portraiture.  
>> 
> I had him look at some of my digital b&w prints done on EEM paper 
> with my 2200, and he was impressed, except for one thing:  
> 
> "No Glossy Paper."
> 
> I suppose in his mind, a black and white print does not have much 
> 
> What are your opinions about using glossy media for fine art prints?
> 
> What about the "bronzing" issue? How do I overcome this
> problem?
> 
> Please speak your minds.