Digital BW, The Print

Well put, Scott!! 

I'd just like to add photographers use it for reproduction purposes.

ALSO, Walmart/CVS/Costco, etc. use it for amateur stuff for a reason. It's
usually high contrast in addition to gloss.  Both tend to make up for the
failings of amateur cameras, plastic lenses, etc.  They enhance otherwise
softer images. That, and the ability to treach a chimpanzee to run the
machine, make for cheap sales. <GGG?

Since we control that with workflow, we don't need the boost.

I had a woman come through the booth once, take a long hard look at a matte
print of a lily, framed behind glass, then turn to me and say, "I am a
watercolor artist too. What type of paints do YOU use?"

I just told her I really didn't want to release my technique.

Seth



==-----Original Message-----
==Behalf Of Scott Graham
==
==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 
==fiber based paper and they look great.  Better than FINE 
==darkroom prints.
==
==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.  
==
==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.  (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).
==