Printing & Output
Printing digital photos can be a real challenge. From choosing a photo quality paper to selecting a professional lab for your prints, we have it all covered here.
Web Optimization Part 1
Determine your audience and size your photos correctly for the Internet
 Optimizing photographs for display on the web is as essential as ever. While many photographers focus attention on optimizing photographs for print, it’s important to recognize how powerful first impressions can be with web-based photographs.
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Print Like Ansel Adams
Tips and techniques from one of the experts at Nash Editions will help you make your best black-and-white prints ever
 As the digital march continues onward, there’s one thing that will never change: the pure aesthetic quality of elegant black-and-white imagery. My position at Nash Editions has exposed me to a wide variety of photographic art, and with that variety comes a plethora of problems. Much of my Photoshop skills are a direct result of problem solving.
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Photo Art Papers
Choosing the ideal texture to showcase the details and colors in an image
 Experimenting with photo papers is one of my favorite things about printing. Besides the usual suspects—premium gloss and semi-gloss—I try different textures to see how they affect a photograph. Deciding which type of paper will best reproduce an image or series of images is subjective, though. It depends on the subject matter, whether I’m going color or monochrome, and the desired visual impact.
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Today's Technology In Inkjet Printing
Improved (and more) inks, better papers and the latest printer technology mean inkjet prints that look better—and last longer—than conventional photos
 Quality inkjet printers let you make professional-caliber color and black-and-white prints at home. And today, you can get printers that produce bigger, longer-lasting and far better looking prints—color and black-and-white—a lot faster than ever before. This delightful situation is the result of improvements in technology—print controllers, print heads, printer drivers, inks and papers, and ink-placing algorithms.
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State-Of-The-Art Labs
Creative high-tech imaging for your photographs
 As good as our home photo printers are, they have limitations. With the advances in printing technology, state-of-the-art imaging labs can print photographs on virtually anything now—and affordably—even if you want only small quantities. The quality is top-notch, and the turnaround time is remarkably fast in most cases.
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Make A Photo Book
Showcase your talent with a book of your own photography
 It’s an experience that used to be reserved just for professional photographers, but now you can feel the pride of holding a book of your very own images laid out with the care and skill of a professional designer. And while slideshows are a great way to share your photos, books can be used as gifts, to promote your business or to build an entire library of your own photo books. They can even be used to present book ideas to a real publisher.
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B&W In The Digital Age
Talented artists are always eager to embrace new technology if it has the potential to enrich their art and bring forth their vision. If he had access to today's tools, what would Ansel Adams do?
 More than 20 years since his passing, Ansel Adams is probably still the most widely known black-and-white outdoor photographer. He didn’t shoot digitally because digital imaging as we know it didn’t exist in those days. But I think the legendary black-and-white master would be quite interested in digital imaging were he in his shooting prime today.
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The Complete Guide To Working With A Lab
Photo labs aren't just for film shooters, by a long shot
 How things have changed. As a new photographer many multitudes of moons ago, I developed my own film and made my own prints, in large part because I couldn’t afford to have a good lab do it. Today, in the digital age, it actually costs less to use a good lab—and the quality is excellent.
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Sharing Your Vision
From gallery-quality prints to self-published books, you have options for displaying your images
 Let's suppose you've worked hard to build a beautiful portfolio. Well, it's time to reap your rewards. There are few things more rewarding to a photographer than seeing an elegant presentation featuring one's own art! I'll be practical and list different types of presentations to help illustrate your options. Among your choices are a book, a slideshow and prints for an art show or an exhibition. The presentation you select can be an important starting point for marketing your photography and developing a career.
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