Digital BW, The Print

At 04:12 PM 5/29/2007, you wrote:
>That was the
>beginning of my scaling down and experimenting with smaller sizes. My
>favorite now is a 6x8 image on letter size paper. Held in the hands,
>it's the same FOV as viewing a 16x20 from about 4 feet.
>
>Regards,
>Clayton

Clayton -

That was also interesting to me. My photographs are almost all of 
people and I feel the same.  It's much more intimate for someone to 
have to walk up to a photo and view it from a foot away rather than 
stand across the room to view a huge print.  What I really prefer is 
for someone to hold my print in their hands to view.  When I paid for 
a portfolio review, that was the advice of the three professional 
reviewers.  My portfolio prints are 8x10 and are packed loose in a 
box so the viewer can hold them, sort them, and view them at inches 
rather than feet.  I can understand that some landscape photos might 
be appropriate for huge prints but not my documentary photos.

Tina

Tina Manley
ASMP, NPPA, EP, PI
http://www.tinamanley.com