Lovers of Kodachrome will remember getting out the slide projector, blacking out the room and having a near fatal accident trying to put the screen up
Or worst still, sitting through hundreds of Uncle Fred holiday snaps
Today, I suspect most of us share our photos through the social network sites, such as Face book, Flickr or picture of the day
But how do you show your visitors, your latest master piece
I have a 30 inch monitor, but that is in the office
The boundaries between TV and monitors seem to be blurring
Reviews on the monster 50” OLEDs seem to concentrate on movies but what are they like for stills
Do any of you, use a TV or projector to show off your work at home?
Or, as happened to me recently, does everyone sit round the fire, looking at the their iPads
Showing off your work at home
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funny you mention this, not quite an answer to your question, but I am in the process (right at this moment, taking a 5 min break) of creating a web gallery. the best of which I will print and frame for clients to see when they come to the office.
I use either Canson Rag Photographique or Ilford Gold Fibre Silk depending on the picture and have spent time the last week looking at framing options.
The options I like are all box frames, with the pictures at the back of the box.
I think a floating mount will work well for the rag. For the baryta I think a mount onto foamcore will be nice if I leave a good margin on the print and mount at the back of the box frame. I also think printing without margin and mounting to foamcore, then mounting that to a larger backing board at the back of the frame will be nice.
Don't even tempt me with museum glass, oooohhhhh baayyyyyybeeeeeee.
I'm really looking forward to seeing them when they're done.
Posted 1 year ago # -
Gareth
out of interest what size prints are you making
if a clint wants see more of a paticular subject, how do you show them your work
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I've always wanted to print some of my photos, but I'm afraid it would be prohibitively expensive.
Also, the shot I'd like to print may look incredibly noisy when blown up to painting size.
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@sevencrossing : Like you, I have large monitors at the office, but only a 22" computer screen at home. My TV would be the place to display 'slides' if that makes sense these days, but that also lacks the sense of permanence that leads to value (at least in my view).
In addition the 'quality' of results when viewing on a 7 or 10" personal device screen that has never seen anything even remotely related to calibration, means that we are also not certain that the view sees what we see either... But does that even matter to 99% of most people?
This is an echo of a real issue for all of us involved in image making these days. These are all inputs that describe the problem (I don't yet have a solution) of how we react to what the academics call a shifting paradigm.
@NSXType-R : Noisy when enlarged? What was that we read just a few years ago about no need for megapixel counts above 8, 10 or maybe even 12? WOW, so high? LOL?
Now we are having discussions about 24 and 36MP bodies being "too much"... I know it's not that simple, but if things go that way AND Nikon do a good job of keeping noise down, as they can do...
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bjrichus- I still shoot with a D40, and at high ISO it may not look so good.
In any case, this was the shot I was talking about having interest in printing or displaying.
I'm not sure how printing exactly works, how exactly to crop (if at all). I also shot more from that day and I really haven't gone over those shots. Luckily I shot it all in RAW because I knew I might go back to them eventually.
In any case, if it's super expensive I'm definitely not going to experiment with the price.
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NSXType-R said:
bjrichus- I still shoot with a D40, and at high ISO it may not look so good.In any case, this was the shot I was talking about having interest in printing or displaying.
Ah yes... I think you'd do OK with that one shot at 10x8, or maybe 12" long side. Have you tried using any of the noise reduction plugins? I use Topaz Denoise 5 to great effect on shots like that. You do lose a little definition (so it looks a tad less sharp), but if used sparingly, it can rescue a shot when you are pushing it at the limits.
NSXType-R said:
I'm not sure how printing exactly works, how exactly to crop (if at all). I also shot more from that day and I really haven't gone over those shots. Luckily I shot it all in RAW because I knew I might go back to them eventually.In any case, if it's super expensive I'm definitely not going to experiment with the price.
I'm surprised you have this question about cropping... For me, cropping is something that is a little bit easier with higher MP counts as you can concentrate on composition and lose the rubbish round the edges of the subject and not worry as much about noise creeping in. Of course, if its possible to do that when you are taking the shot, it's WAY better, but not always possible. I like the crop tool in Photoshop, as you get that nice "rule of thirds" grid overlay to make that aspect of the task simple but that's in other editing tools too but it's really another subject for another thread entirely...
I don't know where you live but here in the USA, if I can't get into my work printer job flow (they want us to only use our higher end Epson printers for work jobs at work... How inconsiderate of them, LOL!), I use Sams club to print my experiments, cos they are cheap and I can get a surprising number of (10" or 12" on the long edge) prints for only a couple of dozen dollars. I can upload them to my account and wait a few hours and NOT use the Kiosk to do 'instant' prints, as they are always more expensive if you do use the Kiosk. I'd not usually consider selling Sams Club made prints, but they are a good guide to what works and what won't.
Oh yes, they'll also develop C41 print film for me and have it ready to pick up by 4pm, if I drop it off by noon at less than $3 for a roll which as I don't have to do it all myself is really worth it!!! A couple of years ago I did get one print I had done there accepted by a local magazine, so all is not lost!!! :-)
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My problem with printing is that they rarely come out the same (colour or crop) as they do on screen.
If anybody knows of a good UK printer - perhaps one where you can review what they are going to print on their calibrated screen - I'd be grateful to hear who/where they are.
Sorry to sort of hijack the thread a little seven, but I think it is relevant.
Posted 1 year ago # -
Spray
Having talked to people who sell Art Prints
I have come to the conclusion I have to do my own
I use a Dell 30" monitor
calibrated with spyder 3
I use the print module on LR3
look at Matt K's video how to set it up
then I print on a Epson Photo R240*
Epson paper, Epson Inks
* will be looking at something bigger a Focus in MarchI have not used them for over 30 years, Redcliffe Imaging in Bristol, still have a good reputation
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Just last week I was working in our board room at work and decided to connect my laptop to the 55" Sony Bravia display and look at my web site portfolio images on it. It is a 1080p LCD display, so not the latest and greatest, but has good contrast and color. The images looked great - maybe not as slick as my computer monitor, but from across the room - perfect.
So I got to thinking. We bought that TV on sale tax in for about $1k CAD. I'm looking at my photo collection and the list of prints that I want to make, and I have a list of about 10 to 20 images I would consider for 20x30" output (so far). Printed, mounted, framed - all by a professional on high quality paper - would probably come close to that dollar amount. Not having actually gone through the quoting process, that's a guess, and I'm sure some of you could confirm that for me.
At the end of the day though, I can get a media box or Apple TV for about $100 and display via slideshow thousands of images on a large LED display that will please anyone in my living room. I still see the need and aesthetic value of printed and framed photos (the TV favors landscape images, one of many arguments against it), but... I'm leaning to all digital for in-house enjoyment.
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bjrichus said:
Ah yes... I think you'd do OK with that one shot at 10x8, or maybe 12" long side. Have you tried using any of the noise reduction plugins? I use Topaz Denoise 5 to great effect on shots like that. You do lose a little definition (so it looks a tad less sharp), but if used sparingly, it can rescue a shot when you are pushing it at the limits.I'm surprised you have this question about cropping... For me, cropping is something that is a little bit easier with higher MP counts as you can concentrate on composition and lose the rubbish round the edges of the subject and not worry as much about noise creeping in. Of course, if its possible to do that when you are taking the shot, it's WAY better, but not always possible. I like the crop tool in Photoshop, as you get that nice "rule of thirds" grid overlay to make that aspect of the task simple but that's in other editing tools too but it's really another subject for another thread entirely...
I don't know where you live but here in the USA, if I can't get into my work printer job flow (they want us to only use our higher end Epson printers for work jobs at work... How inconsiderate of them, LOL!), I use Sams club to print my experiments, cos they are cheap and I can get a surprising number of (10" or 12" on the long edge) prints for only a couple of dozen dollars. I can upload them to my account and wait a few hours and NOT use the Kiosk to do 'instant' prints, as they are always more expensive if you do use the Kiosk. I'd not usually consider selling Sams Club made prints, but they are a good guide to what works and what won't.
Oh yes, they'll also develop C41 print film for me and have it ready to pick up by 4pm, if I drop it off by noon at less than $3 for a roll which as I don't have to do it all myself is really worth it!!! A couple of years ago I did get one print I had done there accepted by a local magazine, so all is not lost!!! :-)
Well my issue is that I barely ever do any editing, so I'm not used to those things. I read up on it so I can talk about it, but that's about as far as I go.
So getting the shot to look good when printed out might be an issue for me, especially when I haven't learned much editing and such. But the good thing is that I'm in no rush. :D
Cropping might be an issue for me because of aspect ratios and such.
spraynpray said:
My problem with printing is that they rarely come out the same (colour or crop) as they do on screen.If anybody knows of a good UK printer - perhaps one where you can review what they are going to print on their calibrated screen - I'd be grateful to hear who/where they are.
Sorry to sort of hijack the thread a little seven, but I think it is relevant.
Get your monitor calibrated, that should help. But then where you get it printed might change too, so I have no idea how to help with that.
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NSXType-R said:
So getting the shot to look good when printed out might be an issue for me,Get your monitor calibrated, that should help. But then where you get it printed might change too, so I have no idea how to help with that.
Just keep the aspect ratio constant. If you can't, then it just means white space round the image on the paper... You may not like that, but a good quality trimmer/cutter will sort that out.
By the way, I use a Spyder 3 to calibrate my monitors to each other. I can be sure that colors on one are the same as on the other two and with testing, am able to produce a file balanced to give the results I want on the printers I get to use.
Just remember that the dynamic range of monitors is not the same as any printer out there. The gamut of inks are also different from the image on any monitor, as is the contrast you'll see.
One other thing I learned very early on, is that you should not ever be tempted to use cheap 'compatible' inks in your $800+ photo printer. I learned that one the hard way as while the $70 all-in-one office use only printer might be ok with them just don't ever think that you can get great quality and/or repeatable results and/or results that will last more than a few months 'as-printed' from cheap ($5 per cartridge, rather than $70 a color for my R300) inkjet inks.
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I use Apple TV (which I have hacked and hooked up to our 50" LCD) to show off all my work (via my Apature library).
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sevencrossing said:
Garethout of interest what size prints are you making
if a client wants see more of a paticular subject, how do you show them your work
well, as stated, I am still in the early stages of setting up the business.
I have an Epson 3880, which prints up to A2 (my Ilford pre-cut sheets), I can also cut from my roll of Rag Photographique and print 17" wide and as long as I want (25.5" to maintain the 2:3 dimensions, and therefore no cropping) if I hand feed (3880 doesn't support rolls).
I notice that 200-240ppi doesn't look as good as it could, that's why I look forward to being able to get 300ppi plus files and no anti-aliasing from the D800 (have to buy many more things first).
As for a printed portfolio, I am going to print large pictures and mount onto some acid free backing board (using acid free adhesive), then cut the board to fit into some "Crystal Clear Bags", then have numerous of these inside a custom made box. This is the best option, as everything is not the right size to put in an A1 folder while maintaining the 2:3 photo dimensions (and these are A0 when open!).
Posted 1 year ago # -
And when you print with Epson or any other pro
printers and Ilford or Hahnemule papers, install
printer- and paper specified printing drivers
to your Lightroom. Ilford and Hahnemule have them
to every paper/printer combo and they really make
a difference!Posted 1 year ago # -
Almost all the pictures in our house on the walls are ones I took. So that is one way of showing them off. I however recently got an 8x10 photo book to make as a portfolio/show off book. It has worked pretty well. I took it around at Christmas time and it seemed like everyone enjoyed that. It however is kind of expensive as the book was cheap, but the photos to fill the book were not.
In all actuality I love to make prints of my pictures, even though I don't have all that many. To me the point is going from taking the picture to that final product of having it in hand printed. I use lots of pictures as my desktop pictures, but I don't get the same feel of accomplishment as I do when I have a printed picture. I think this was why I made my portfolio book instead of getting like a digital picture frame that slideshows through the pictures.
Posted 1 year ago # -
You can hook your laptop up to a HDTV with a VGA chord and use your 55 inch HDTV to act as a second laptop monitor. Whatever software you use on your laptop will display on your HDTV. The cost is less than $20 for the chord.
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tcole1983 said:
To me the point is going from taking the picture to that final product of having it in hand printed.So true, it seems people have forgotten how much different a real print, especially at a larger size is. Most people are now content with a low res file that they can bump on some networking site, or a larger file to view on their monitor as a wallpaper or something.
It's sad.
Posted 1 year ago # -
To share my photos at home on the TV, I access them from my DVD WIFI connection after configuring Windows Media Player. From the TV, I can browse to the directory I want to view. It works very well.
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