Digital BW, The Print

Ken,

I hate putting glass over my photos. For the prints in my house, I just print each image on a standard size sheet of paper (usually 18x24), leaving enough room on the edges to include a really wonderful digital mat effect that I found in Scot Kelby's Photoshop CS3 book. As long as I let the print float in the frame (with a foam core backing board) and not be locked down with pressure from the back side of the print, the print stays relatively flat over time. I do not mind at all a slight wave in my prints because I use Hahnemuhle Bamboo paper. This paper gives me a wonderful sense of a third dimension in the print...thanks to the mat surface and the lack of glass over surface. I hope this helps.

Mike

www.heartlandviews.com  (web site)
www.heartlandviews.wordpress.com  (blog)

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> "kwalsh74" 
> <kwalsh74@...> wrote:
> >
> > I'm using one of Paul's 100% carbon printing
> processes on matte 
> papers
> > to make prints to decorate the house.  Getting decent
> anti-
> reflective
> > glass is very expensive and since the lighting
> isn't controlled
> > (mostly windows and such, but no direct sun light)
> glare is awful
> > behind glass.  So I'm thinking of displaying them
> framed and matted
> > without any glass.
> > 
> > Anyone see a major problem with this?
> > 
> > I know this is not archival, but I'd presume
> I'd change out the 
> prints
> > every few years anyway.
> > 
> > Hit them with compressed air to get dust off every so
> often?
> > 
> > Should I spray the prints with something to protect
> them?
> > 
> > Any advice greatly appreciated!
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> >   Ken
> >
> 
> 
> 
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