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Home » Printing Workflow and Paper Choices

Printing Workflow and Paper Choices

April 22, 2020 by A. Cemal Ekin
Vilia Putrius, Odette, Swan Lake (Luster or Gloss) Printing workflow and paper choices
Vilia Putrius, Odette, Swan Lake (Luster or Gloss)

I have made a series of presentations on printing workflow and making paper choices at area photography clubs, from Connecticut to Maine. After the first presentation, I connected with Red River Paper who sponsored the rest of the presentations.

Printing Workflow Presentation

A few years back, when I made the presentation at the Photographic Society of Rhode Island I decided to have the presentation to be recorded. The video below is from that presentation and I am sharing it here in public for the first time in an effort to provide material for the photography enthusiasts who want to make their own prints. The video was partially licensed to Red River Paper in exchange for covering some of the associated costs and you may see it on their site as well. Thank you, Leslie, for creating a very good video of the presentation.

Paper Choices

In the presentation, I show numerous examples of prints as I make some points on how I select the paper surface. You will find below the video a collection of the photographs that are used to make those prints. It is not like seeing the actual print but it will likely give you an idea that for me the subject matter guides me in selecting the paper surface. Glossy surfaces, like water, steer me towards the glossy paper. Smooth, matte, soft surfaces may call for matte or luster surfaces. Some, like metallic car paint, may beg for metallic paper. And, so on. There is nothing absolute about these, just starting points for me.

Thanks to Red River Paper

I would like to thank Red River Paper for their sponsorship that gave me ample opportunity to visit many clubs and meet new people. For the record, although I was sponsored by Red River Paper, I started using their papers long before that, and I still do. Not because they are the sponsors, but their papers are really worth your consideration.

Here are some links that are part of the presentation. Although they may make more sense after seeing the presentation, feel free to visit them anyway and see if you can make any use of them.

Read the posts on this site about color and color management.

Red River Paper, a good source of digital printing paper. Take a look at their tips page.

Sign up for their e-mail newsletter and download the Inkjet Intelligence eBook. It is a 45-page document covering a lot of bases.

Photodisc test target, modified by Dry Creek Photo. I used the small version. 7ร—10 inch size. Do not edit or change the file for testing purposes.

B&W Test Image from Northlight Images.

Without further ado, here is the presentation video followed by the images I showed as print samples. My possible paper choices are in the titles of the photographs in the gallery below the video.

Olive Tree on the Aegean Shore #1 (2007) (Matte)
Olive Tree Under the Sun #15 (2012) (Matte)
Olive Tree Trunk With Dried Grass #9 (2012) (Matte)
Olive Tree Trunk With Dried Grass #10 (2012) (Matte)
Umbrella Pine, Kozak (Matte)
Umbrella Pine, Kozak (Matte)
Iris Study (Matte)
Plumeria (Matte)
Lilly Study (Matte)
Orchids (Matte)
Orchids (Matte)
Newport - Westport From Air (Matte or Luster)
Great Salt Lake Folio 2 - 3 (Matte or Luster)
Jennifer Ricci, Carmen (Matte or Luster)
Ruth Bowens-Whitney, Giselle (Matte or Luster)
Jamie DeRocker, Snow Queen (Matte or Luster)
Kirsten Evans, Aurora, Sleeping Beauty (Matte or Luster)
Brenna DiFrancesco, Kitri, Don Quixote (Matte or Luster)
Vilia Putrius, Odette, Swan Lake (Matte or Luster)
Vilia Putrius, Odette, Swan Lake (Luster or Gloss)
Newport - Westport From Air (Luster or Gloss)
Newport - Westport From Air (Luster or Gloss)
Great Salt Lake Folio 3 - 5 (Luster or Gloss)
Dome of Hagia Sophia (Gloss)
Variatons on Water (Gloss)
Variatons on Water (Gloss)
Emu Rising (Gloss or Metallic)
The Conception of the Monolith (Gloss or Metallic)
Tucker, Audrain Car Museum (Metallic)
Pontiac, Audrain Car Museum (Metallic)

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  1. Julia Brooks

    May 5, 2020 at 1:20 pm

    Your post was very well done. I would like to see more.

    • A. Cemal Ekin

      May 5, 2020 at 1:39 pm

      Very glad to hear, Julia. Look around, check out the article categories, look at a few. There are over 700 articles here, many on tools, techniques, processes as well as on photographic thought. Thank you for stopping by.

      Cemal

  2. Elliot Puritz

    May 11, 2020 at 11:42 am

    Have you used programs such as Image Print or Qimage and if so, any opinions?

    • A. Cemal Ekin

      May 11, 2020 at 11:51 am

      Hello Elliot,

      I have been meaning to try Qimage for the last fifteen years! Image Print I have found too pricey for my budget. Maybe, one of these days I will bite the bullet and try Qimage. I have heard and read good things about it.

      Anyone who might have tried either, please feel free to chime in.

      Cemal

  3. Jack Farrell

    May 11, 2020 at 4:01 pm

    Do you have a website that can be viewed for more information? There were items mentioned that I would have liked to have taken notes. But it went to fast.
    Thank you,

    Jack

    • A. Cemal Ekin

      May 11, 2020 at 4:06 pm

      Hello Jack, welcome to my website. There is no manuscript for this presentation. What part went too fast to follow? If you watch it again, fire me your questions either in the comments like this or via e-mail from the contact page. I will try to do my best to provide more support.

      Take care, and welcome to my site.

      Cemal

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