today I'm gonna show you guys how I
print my photographs and take you guys
through the entire process starting in
three two one
alright so let me just start off by
saying if you do end up printing
yourself at home just know that ink is
gonna be the most annoying in the entire
world
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now before we talk about the equipment I
use I want to address first and foremost
is printing worth it at home opposed to
getting it outsourced or just done by a
different labs and my answer to that is
pretty simple it all depends on the
photographer and what they're gonna be
using those prints for or the printer
now you guys know for a fact that these
printers cost a lot of money and not
only do they cost a lot of money you
also have to always buy ink you always
have to buy paper and with that said you
know it adds up quickly when there are
countless of companies out there that
are more than happy to just print your
photographs and have them shipped to
your front door it's really cheap as
well and when you compare printing at
home versus getting an outsourced it
really kind of does seem like getting it
outsourced is the better deal now here's
the decision you have to make do you
want to get the best deal on your
photography prints or do you want to be
able to print your photographs
conveniently the main reason why people
buy these printers are because one they
get to print it right here and they can
control every single variable so the
texture of the paper the way the ink
spills on to the paper you know even the
way the photographs look when you're
editing on there so you can get the
results you want every single time and
for convenience sake you know if they
have a photograph that they just took
and they want to print it out literally
you go to the printer you pop it into
your you know your programs and it's out
in 20 to 30 seconds where as opposed to
getting your prints outsourced you will
one have to wait for it which can be a
little annoying and two you're not
getting the full experience as well as
being able to control every variable and
if you're really particular on how your
final product looks like at the very end
I would highly recommend not getting
your photographs outsourced and just
printing at home now this particular
corner can print up to 13 by 19 which is
pretty pretty big but for the most part
the biggest I've ever printed was 11 by
14 you know 11 by 14 is already large in
itself and it's a pretty standard and
good size for prints to put up on the
wall now when it comes to paper I really
do like using a variety and sometimes it
changes but the three main papers that I
always always will have on me on deck
are Palo Duro soft gloss rag which is
very similar to you know almost like a
luster finish and has a little gloss as
well absolutely my favorite favorite
paper this one as well is something that
I've grown to recently love it's the
Aurora art natural 285 and the last one
is this Finster arts burrito fine art
this is 11 by 14 and this is what I use
to print all of my bigger photographs so
that pretty much sums it up for
equipment it's pretty simple we got the
Canon Pro 10 and we have that paper that
I just showed you guys so let's move on
to step 2 printing the photographs
alright so today we're gonna be printing
out a photograph that I made actually in
the last video of a bunch of birds
flying in the midst of a really foggy
morning in San Francisco actually let me
find that I don't know where it is which
one is the file alright so it's gonna be
this photograph right here now generally
the first thing that I would do is I
would go in and make all of my edits
through Lightroom and then I would
import the photographs of Photoshop now
ask for adjustments most of my
adjustments are gonna be made when I'm
editing but there is one thing that I do
and that is over sharpen and depending
on what software you use is pretty
simple to just find the tool setting and
then to find sharpness so I will always
sharpen that just a little bit because
when you're printing photographs
especially on a larger paper you're
gonna need that extra sharpness to kind
of stand out and make the photograph
more crisp now here is your basic prop
for printing and like I said today we're
printing with the 11 by 14 so for paper
size I'm going to go for 11 by 14
one thing that I want you guys to pay
attention to is the border always put a
two inch border on all four sides of the
image so that it results in an image
looking like this one right here so a
two inch here and I think this is
actually one and a half so two inches
and one and a half on the sides that way
when I ship the photograph to the
customer it's up to them completely if
they want to still put a mat on it or it
could just directly go into a frame and
it'll already have the borders around it
for the photograph alright folks there
she is
nice beautiful clean slate we're gonna
go ahead and just drop that in there
we're now ready to go we have the
borders done we have the ICC profile
selected we have the paper loaded the
next step here folks is just to hit
prints
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and there you go folks that is how I
print my photographs from home I think
the purpose for today's video is just to
show you guys how I print my photographs
from home and why maybe it can be
convenient for the photographer that
literally will be using this all the
time now I'm gonna say this and I know
it's very cliche but when you print your
photographs and you hold them into your
hands it's just a completely different
experience and the fact that you can do
that at home and you know if you save
your pennies up you get a printer like
this and print out your will
you'll be printing all night long and
you're gonna get addicted to it and
there's nothing like seeing your
photograph in a frame not only in just
your house but maybe and possibly in
other people's houses as well I'm
telling you right now guys you're gonna
get addicted to it and you're gonna
really enjoy it if you end up do getting
a printer and printing for yourself at
home so that is how I print my
photographs
hope you enjoyed a man and I'll see you
guys in the next one
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