If you print & sell B&W.....
2005-04-21 by photoian@comcast.net
Steve, I suggest you try the Kirkland paper sold by Costco. It's really nice with little or no bronzing but only available in 8.5x11 (so far). A number of us has sent messages to Costco urging them to make larger sizes available. I know some have a dislike of glossy thinking of PR photos but I really like it. Ian Message: 12 Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 22:02:29 -0000
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From: "SteveZ" <blizzie12@...> Subject: If you print and sell black and white prints, please read this thread Today I met with an old associate of mine, he owns a local framing store, but his specialty is fine art photography and portraiture. Originally from eastern Europe, where he received his training in traditional, analogue photography/print making, he now makes his living in Canada, still shooting film with wet dark room processing. 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 merit unless it's produced on glossy or semi-gloss photographic paper. He suggested I make some prints on semi gloss paper as an experiment and and I told him I would try and show him the results. What are your opinions about using glossy media for fine art prints? Do any of you use this media and if so for what applications? What about the "bronzing" issue? How do I overcome this problem? Please speak your minds.