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@atruceforbruce5388

Ай бұрын

Great video! What photo paper do you use? What have you had success with and what paper to avoid.

@littleman787

23 күн бұрын

@@atruceforbruce5388 ...did you watch the video?

"Set your monitor brightness to 80 or 80% of wide open..." describing 100% monitor brightness as wide open is the most photographer thing I've heard. And I love it!

@deingewissen_official

Ай бұрын

😂

@simon_dentremont

Ай бұрын

lol so true! Or motorcyclists….

@samue1991

Ай бұрын

@@simon_dentremont True! A wide open camera is a little less scary than a wide open throttle though 😳

@robertkoernke588

Ай бұрын

Monitors and TVs are always shipped default way too bright. I do sometimes check my photos look on my HDTV. My HDTV is always a little brighter and the color is a set a little stronger. I might have my monitors set slightly dull. I've never done the official calibration.

@bernym4047

Ай бұрын

@@simon_dentremont 😂😂😂 "wide open and flat on the tank"

The part you left out is the price…keep an oxygen bottle nearby when you reach the payment section of the order form!

Hi Simon. I've always had an interest in photography but never got into it. I've watched all of your videos, and I started a new hobby. You have an amazing gift for teaching (and photography!)

@simon_dentremont

Ай бұрын

Great to hear!

Setting your screen brightness to about 80% isn’t something I knew to do in post work. I lowered my screen brightness, reviewed my work and saw things looked a bit darker than I originally thought. This was a very helpful tip

@nagualdesign

Ай бұрын

Indeed. My solution to crushed blacks when printing is to make a series of adjustments in Photoshop, making test prints of sample regions, deciding which is the best _then_ printing the whole image using the optimal settings. I guess it's a throwback to developing a test strip in a darkroom. It never occurred to me that the difference between emitted and reflected light is the crux of the problem, or that turning my monitor brightness down would be the solution! 😊

@robertkoernke588

Ай бұрын

Normal monitors and HDTV are shipped to be defaulted as way to bright. They do this on purpose.

Simon, the smile in your face when you opened that box was priceless. I can sense your feeling.

Printing photographs is, in my opinion, the most rewarding part of the entire process. I have gotten 10 of my works printed on different media some canvas prints, simple glossy paper, metal, and glass prints and they all adorne my living room walls. It feels amazing to go from a digital piece that you have seen on your computer monitor to something you can actually hold, decorate your house, or gift to friends. I agree 100% with you, if you are a photographer, PRINT YOUR WORK, you will absolutely love it.

Lol, what is the chance of us releasing a video on printing within 1 hour of each other without coordinating 😅

@simon_dentremont

Ай бұрын

Haha conspiracy theorists will think we have a plan to manipulate the algorithm! Love your stuff Mads! Keep it up!

@idreess007

Ай бұрын

Great minds think alike

@canaanjh

Ай бұрын

Ummm... Nigel Danson did one three days ago too!

@erkko69

Ай бұрын

You Area not The only ones.

@paulmorrall5719

Ай бұрын

I saw that too 😂

It made me smile to see you that happy when you saw the finished product, Simon! You deserve all the smiles that piece will bring you in the years to come. 😀

@simon_dentremont

Ай бұрын

Thanks again!

When watching/reading tips on internet, everyone seem to be contradictory... I'm glad I found you Simon, because your work inspires me, and you explain things so naturally, I feel right at home. Thank you, Merci

I’ve got a few thousand photos I’ve taken from Vietnam, England; and around my town in the Midwest. Its never struck me that people would want to buy prints to decorate their home. I’ve thought about making a website just as a portfolio for fun. Thanks for the inspiration.

The look on your face when you opened your fantastic print!!!!!! 😀😀😀😀😀

Wonderful tips as always, I learnt some of those earlier when I made multiple mistakes, with bright monitor and not slightly brightening the photos before sending them out for print. Now I do these on top of getting a wide gamut monitor with a calibrator, the end result when I was holding an A4 print was just amazing.

@simon_dentremont

Ай бұрын

Great tip!

Ive been photographing for over 10 years, since my early teens and only printed photos 2 or 3 times. Last week my mom called, and asked if she might have some of my landscape shots to print and hang in their remodeled livingroom. So this is some excellent timing 😄 Yet another great, teachable video - thank you!

Printing my photos has been one of the most fulfilling things I’ve done in my life. When you see your work enlarged and in all its glory is a MUST experience for any photography enthusiast. And the bigger the better! My most common are 20x80” and 36x45”

When I first started photography 10 years ago, Anthony Morganti was the creator I learned off of, now its Simon. Never stop learning!

I print out my favourite photos to display on my walls. They remind me of my travels, provide great memories and sometimes it’s just a reminder that ‘I nailed it’ and got it right ( at least from my perspective) I love your videos as there is always opportunity to learn and are straight to the point. Thanks for sharing.

@mikafoxx2717

Ай бұрын

It's so easy for your great photos to end up buried in the computer these days, it's so worth it to print, so you can be reminded and see what you can do, and what you like. In the past it was pretty rare to just get negatives and never print any - almost everyone did even if just 4x6's from the drug store.

I want to thank you for every information you provide for us. I really did struggle with the idea to become a photographer. But now after 6 years of hobby photography I am 20 and I'll give it a shot. Bought a used Nikon D850 and am thrilled to go out there and take some great photos. Many greetings and best wishes from germany.❤

@davidengelen7300

Ай бұрын

Have fun and viel Spaß!

For the past week or so I’ve been using the Epson p700 sure color printer. I learned quickly that editing for the web and printing are so very different. Got to open up those shadows . I’m trying out some Moab paper now. Printing a few test images at 8 by 10 to get the feel of things. My father and my uncles were all in the print making buisness. Most wouldn’t know that they were referred to as lithographers. He did catalog printing with toxic chemicals back then . The digital age hadn’t started yet to most was done manually with etching plates and hand cleaning each plate when a color change happened. I was just a kid and remembered going to work with him and how bad it smelled. We’ve come along way and now I’m really glad I started doing it myself. Thanks for your videos and the acrylic looks fantastic.

This is the 'how to print' video I've been waiting for--thanks! I've always said 'it's not a photograph until it's printed'!

@robertkoernke588

Ай бұрын

In 2024? In today's terms the life of a photograph is digital. You print all of your photos? That's an expensive proposition now. Even printing all the good photos on your color printer at home, and supplying your ink-jet printer with enough ink can get quite pricey. When most people you deal with now, just want to be shared those photos on 'Social-Media' or a Text.

@johnkrogman4708

Ай бұрын

@@robertkoernke588 No I don't--and I think you missed my point and I'll admit I'm playing with semantics. Note that Simon himself titled this "Don't Let Your Photos Only Live On Your Computer" so I think I'm restating what he says. I actually print a very small portion of my photos and frame an even smaller portion of those--what I consider to be 'wall-worthy art'. 'Pictures' and 'photos' are great for capturing memories (I have thousands of those, mostly only digital). What I consider to be a true 'photograph' (again nothing more than my opinion) is artwork--and worth the effort of editing/printing/framing/displaying. Most professional photographers (and I don't pretend to be one) only sell prints for a reason.

You are spot on with excitement. The prints look absolutely fantastic. Thanks for doing the hard work for all of us.

All the best on your new living space. From what I gather, couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.

I also find I need to raise the exposure 2/3 to almost 1 stop if I print. Great Milky Way photo Simon!

I have a Canon Pro Pixma G6020 mega-tank printer that prints amazingly well. The ink is not cartridges but large tanks that when full can print almost 10,000 full color prints. I never have to buy ink ever again. The prints are so much more satisfying to view than on monitor and I'll usually print an image to see what corrections it may need rather than viewing on a monitor. My favorite paper is Canon Pro Luster as it's a nice equal balance of glossy and subtle matte look.

Again, a detailed and comprehensive video. As a hobbyist photographer I needed it. Thanks !

@simon_dentremont

Ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

I dont print often in large scale. Me and my wife create more often large foto books. But when I print, then I also let Whitewall do the job. The quality is really outstanding in my opinion. Thanks for the tip with the monitor brightness!

@simon_dentremont

21 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

Hey, Simon. This is one of my favorite videos ever. I have well over 100,000 photos in Lightroom, a lot of them edited, and very few on my wall. Edit: I counted, right now I have 5 total. You're 100% right about prints not turning out how you want.

@simon_dentremont

Ай бұрын

Great to hear!

I never even thought or considered to actually print my own pictures, even though im just a hobbyist. But it feels me with joy to see my pictures hung, even if it's just in my room. Plus i have a mahogany picture frame I've been meaning to use. P.s. you are right about having that special feeling seeing your prints in frame

I have an entire section in my displays just for long prints. (4 & 5') They sell well and are also limited editions. I do have images that are 36 x 48 that are made from my old Rebel XTi and you can't notice the grain on semi gloss paper. Having a person of family go crazy over a print and see it in the home is very inspiring. I have a good place to get acrylic done and so far everything just pops. Calibration is the only way to make sure your spot on and always in a room with the same gamma. I too am a control freak. Printing film makes you that way. ON anything i have get printed I stay and watch my prints being made.It is almost as good as doing it myself. Glad to see your work on the wall of your new place.

Ty so much for sharing!!! I wanted to print family photos for Mother’s Day in a few weeks. This came out just in time… that acrylic print came out amazing!!!

I love the photo of you holding your acrylic print! Your smile makes me happy - as does your wonderful photography. Another educational and enjoyable video, thank you!

Thanks Simon for enlightening me about Whitewall. I have marked it in favourites. Now coming to your acrylic frame- it was stunning. A thing of beauty is a joy forever 🙂

Thanks Simon for your insights and helpful printing tips!

My wife just had a lot of my work printed because she's into scrapbook. Beautiful milkyway for you cottage wall. Sounds like making you cottage your permanent home will be great for you. Thanks for your videos.

I love that print you have there! 😍. I print often on my Pro 1000 often for myself and also as gifts to my clients as a surprise after a particular shoot (framed, packaged and gift wrapped) I agree photographers should print and hang our work. That print you have is next on my radar. Thank you for Sharing the company info with us. 🙏🏾

This seemed to come at the perfect time, I was actually just pricing out printing one of my favorite photos from a trip last night!

I agree, it's so rewarding to see your work printed and hanging on a wall 😌 I saw your eclipse photo on IG, it's stunning! (I use a company from Minnesota called WHCC for my prints)

Great video! Great print for your cottage! Thanks Simon!

Fantastic acrylic print, wow! I really appreciate the tips on printing. Thank you again, Simon, for the information.

@simon_dentremont

Ай бұрын

My pleasure!

I was just watching your plover video.. that was finished and this pops up! Thanks for being a great teacher and keep growing (and inspiring)

@simon_dentremont

Ай бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

Thanks for that, Simon. I have printed off some of my recent photos on canvas and, after trying two different suppliers, I got something close to what I wanted. Your video has highlighted quite a few mistakes I had made so - many thanks!

I started printing some of my photos a while back now. The largest I have gone is A4 but may go larger if I capture a shot I really love.

I thinking about print my photos this morning. And voilà, you upload this amazing tips. Thank you Simon. 🎉

@simon_dentremont

Ай бұрын

Fantastic!

Just ordered two I can’t wait

@simon_dentremont

18 күн бұрын

Cool!

Hopefully someday I will shoot a wall worthy photo! So much fun trying! As always, thank you!

Thanks for your encouragement and expertise!

The two best printers are White Wall and Nevada Art Printers. I just had and entire exhibition done on acrylic by Nevada Art Printers, prints done directly to the acrylic and the results are fabulous!

Excellent. Printing my shots in various sizes has been a game changer and yes, I caught myself editing too darkly. I have reduced the brightness on my monitor. Before I purchase a larger more expensive gallery wrap, metal etc. I test the shots at 11x14 or 16x20. Usually if it looks good at 16x20 it will look larger at 24x36 etc. Exporting at its natural largest size and works as well as raising the pixel count at export it seems so far.

I recently started printing my shots to decorate our apartment and have found it so rewarding. I've been doing canvas prints through Walgreens. I know it's not super high end printing but they actually have come out pretty good and when you check their website for coupons I've been getting them made for less than $20 which is a huge bargain, especially when you're decorating on a budget!

I think the White Wall is the best in any way.. only to expensive for ordinary people. 2 to 3 times more than some other..but if budget is not a questionable.. White Wall is the best.

Great -- I love getting work printed, and this was very informative -- although I am an amateur I always strive to get professional looking results. Thank you --

Thank you very much. This is the stuff that needs to be taught, not many photographers teach it.

That's amazing! The pure joy on your face put me in a good mood first thing this morning. Thank you for sharing!

@simon_dentremont

Ай бұрын

I'm so glad!

Thanks for the video and information. Printing is expensive so it helps to know how a professional goes about the process. Congratulations on the move and the beautiful wall photo!

Great tips! I recently printed some of my wildlife photos

@simon_dentremont

26 күн бұрын

That's awesome!

Totally agree!!! I use a canon Pixma pro 100. I love printing at the A3+ size. Excellent video!!

Or another option in Photoshop is to add an exposure layer and then put black on top with 33% opacity and brush it and then it'll decrease the exposure of those highlights leaving the increased exposure you put for everything else. In the end, no over exposed highlights. Then it'll give you maximum control of exposure in your photograph as you may find you want a shadow to stay so you can decrease the exposure layer or you might want a little extra dodge so you leave it alone. Then in the layer you go to mask and just feather so it blends.

Glad you liked your Milky Way Panorama Print, Simon. You looked like a kid opening a present at Christmas. Best wishes & thank you for your excellent YT channel. 😊

@simon_dentremont

Ай бұрын

I was!

What a great experience WOW! I'm so glad you got what you were waiting for so long 👏🏻 enjoy it and thanks for the information that was really so beautiful 🎉

Watching this video makes me aware of just how much I am unprepared to print my photos. You have to know so many variables. It looks daunting.

@randallbourne2717

Ай бұрын

It's not. Just export as jpg no compression-100%. When taking the photo try cropping through the viewfinder so you're not having to crop so much in post editing to retain the resolution. When exporting to jpg or Tiff, I set the resolution to 300dpi(dots per inch) which is what most pro printers will print. Then you can resize the print to whatever size you'd like to print by multiplying the longest side of the image by 300 (dpi). Ex: if you want to print a 16x20 inch size print then the longest side of the print is 20 inches times 300 = 6000 so make sure the resize output shows the longest side is not less than 6000. If it is then a 16x20 size print will begin to pixilated and you'll need to downsize the print. Always photograph at the highest resolution possible so you can allow more room to work with when editing and exporting your work.

@boatman222345

Ай бұрын

The "daunting" part of printing is the cost! Printer ink is very expensive and the "occasional" printer (most amateurs) is often troubled by ink that dries in the printer head due to disuse. This requires a cleaning cycle which gobbles more ink and the costs really start to mount up. More and more photography is becoming (like many other things) a hobby requiring a pretty substantial income. Whenever a friend says that digital photography is cheap because you don't have to buy film I’m caught between laughter and tears. All that said this was both an interesting and useful video…as are most of the ones done by this photographer.

I wish you'd have talked about adding light for the print. Prints drive me crazy in the house. There's glare from all the windows and then at night, it's too dark to really see the print. I'm not crazy about adding all the wiring for placement of photo lights. I think instead I'm going to go for a large Samsung "the frame" as the glare reduction on that monitor is superb and it provides it's own backlighting. I then don't have to pay for all the prints.

I've noticed some labs only take jpegs. Yes, I agree. It's important to print. Though I love metal over acrylic. I have three 16x20s in metal of my dog catching treats on my living room wall. I love that glossy shine. Thanks for another great video!

Are you reading my thoughts and concerns?? It's now the third time I've thought or something and searched the Internet but couldn't get satisfactory answers. Then voila, a video from you explaining and making things clear and easy to understand!

@simon_dentremont

Ай бұрын

My spies are everywhere

@clementj789

Ай бұрын

@@simon_dentremont aaah 😁😂💛 You're the best

Thank you Simon for the tips, much appreciated.

Hi Simon. I’m so happy for you and your reaction to your dream print come true. I’ve had a collector use some of my landscapes to decorate his guest cottage. 4 feet by 8 feet was the largest. BayPhoto in California did the work. One error on a tripanel print. I used glossy prints on aluminum. I have since switched to matte finish due to the reflections issue you mentioned. There’s no substitute to seeing your own work in large print format!

Thanks for all the videos you make, they help us a ton! Afaik Adobe and ISO recommend 120 nits or cd/m² of brightness for monitors, many reviews calibrate to 100 nits which is also fine. As far as colour temperature goes for printing Adobe recommends matching to your printing medium, often that's a warmer 5000K white point for paper than the standard 6500K for just viewing on a monitor

Thanks a lot for this video. I've currently ordered the samples from whitewall and that's an amazing way to imagine the end result of a print! It's the best lesson I had, moreover, the price I spent for my samples (about 80$), will be cashedback on my next order. Thanks your tips, i've heard a lot of different things about sharpening. I like your approach and concerning the extra brightness I agree with printing it really matters :-) Thanks again for all the tips and tricks you are sharing with all of us !

I have a 52”x14” composite of the phases of the 2014 eclipse. Going to use Whitewall for both framed and metal versions.

Tried out Whitewall printing. Easy to order, very happy with the resultant print. Ordered on Thursday, arrived on Monday-from Germany to Michigan!

Simon, I see preparations for a TV over your fireplace. I highly recommend the frame TV. It's a great way to showcase your work and with the lighting, matte finish, and a frame it will look just like Art when you are not watching TV (or your favorite KZreadr).

@simon_dentremont

Ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip!

Love the print looked amazing. Totally agree printing images is a must and always fun. Acrylic images are amazing have a couple at home.

Absolutely amazing photo and print! Really like this style.

@simon_dentremont

Ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

Whitewall is the way to go! I used them before and the print quality was so good. Recently I tried using London Drugs printing because I wanted to see if affordable was just as good, definitely NOT lol so yeah from now on I’ll be sticking with whitewall and investing properly in my prints to get full quality. Amazing print btw!

High gloss has the problem of specular reflections that you can only control from certain viewing angles. If you're careful, those angles can look amazing, but in the rest of the room you're likely to see the reflections. I've come to really like canvas for prints. There's no problem with reflections and the texture of the canvas looks quite nice on the wall. YMMV, obviously.

Hi Simon, saw a comment on one of your other videos calling you the Bob Ross of photography, and after binge watching your content over the ast couple of weeks, I couldn't agree more. Keep them coming and happy shooting, fellow canuck!

@simon_dentremont

Ай бұрын

haha thanks!

One idea of mine is to hang something like the Samsung Frame, connect it to a Raspberry zero and just select and upload photos from my Portfolio to show (if that is even possible). Need to convince my better half though ...

@twang1711

Ай бұрын

I’ve done exactly that with a cheap 55” 4K tv. Works great.

I have used Whitewall for prints in the past and they are fantastic. Great video, very helpful.

THIS is what I want to do, thank you so much for the info!

I am actually using a printing company to print on MDF. I find the Matte look to be preferred to the reflective acrylic prints.

As usual, a video packed with solid gold tips. One aspect you did not mention: The method of mounting the acrylic panel to the wall. I could not see any screws.

@simon_dentremont

Ай бұрын

I did put screws in the wall to hook the aluminum rails on.

@bernym4047

Ай бұрын

@@simon_dentremont Ahh! 😀

Great tip about raising the midtones and shadows for printing. I wish I had done that before the last two images I had printed. The shadows in my print were too muddy.

Hi Simon, always learning new tips on your channel, thank you for that. I do like the idea of a MONITOR CALIBRATION DEVICE, I'm using Windows 10 and I will give this a go. Many times when I go to the photo processing lab to develop my prints, they are darker than my laptop monitor. You are so right when you said printing our photos is our reward, I always feel good when I print my photos. Great acrilyc photo you chose to put on your wall. Thanks for sharing your joy to us viewers. 😊

@simon_dentremont

Ай бұрын

Cool, thanks

@seaeagles6025

Ай бұрын

@@simon_dentremont Your welcome Simon, thank you 😊

Hi Simon, I like this video very much. I’m currently also looking at printing on acrylic. I have printed my Black&White photos a baryta paper. That looks amazing in my home. I stopped posting photos on social media and print just for myself. That gives me more joy than posting for likes. And best of all, no power or account needed enjoy my photos 😁 Lot’s of greetings, Dennis 🇳🇱

Haha, great thumbnail and title :D The enthusiasm is infectious!

@simon_dentremont

Ай бұрын

Glad you think so!

What a great video! Exactly what I was struggling with recently. Thanks for the tips Simon!

@simon_dentremont

Ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

I saw your Instagram post first. 😊 This video is great. You provide some great and helpful tips. Thanks! Video does set me to thinking about the big differences between growing up with film, compared to the digital we use now.

Beautiful wall print!

I took a photography on-site course at the end of last year ( I learnt more from YOU that from the entire course, but oh well I wanted the certification heh). We were asked to have a presentation with photos printed for closing the course. Mine were a set of wildlife subjects that I captured during my trip to Costa Rica at the end of November last year. When I got them printed, man I was so happy. They looked better than digital, for a reason!

Simon, Excellent tips! White Wall ads have been popping up in my emails and FB - IG. I’m going to give them a try👍🏻 Keep up the WONDERFUL tips.

I had very good experience with white wall myself… try their metallic ones too, you are going to love them

great video Simon, that milky way shot is amazing!

Glad to hear another photographer moving into offering their work in Limited Editions. When it comes to acceptance in the art world, limited editions is a must for most galleries, and collectors. Its too bad many photographers that sell their work just keep hitting print limitless, either because they don't know about why or how you would go about releasing as editions and the extra steps involved, or because they would rather sell 200 prints at $70 then 5 prints at $1400. But it has an impact on all photographers by devaluing the genre of Photographic Art with a lot of galleries just flat out not considering photography part of contemporary art because the value isn't guaranteed when someone can just keep hitting print.

One trick that I use for my own printing is to make a trial print or two at reduced size - say 8.5 x 11 - before I commit to a big print - perhaps 17 x 23. This helps me to refine colours and tone without wasting expensive paper and ink.

@simon_dentremont

Ай бұрын

Great idea.

My monitor on SRGB is pre calibarated so defaults to 27% brightness. I had forgotten to change modes when i was editing and was still using HDR and BT2020 so now i can see what everyone else see's lol

That is gorgeous! Well done!

thank you Simon for another excellent video!

Thanks so much for a video on this subject. It was much needed

Well done, Whitewall are brilliant!!

Great subject! I remember when my dad opened a lab back in the early 80's, during my high school days. I think it was because he wanted control over his personal prints while providing better printing for customers. Some of that has stuck with me all these years. I recall the first time I saw my own work printed in a calendar and I was glad it was a silhouette image that had been purchased, for it was quite a bit darker than I ever intended! As for making prints from MFT sensors, I agree 110%... Normal viewing distances really make it a mute point. You ARE a bad influence, though, for now I'm on the verge of playing with Milky Way panoramas in the badlands of western North Dakota... Pffft lol... Thanks for sharing great content without being over the top. :)

@simon_dentremont

Ай бұрын

oops!

Thanks for this introduction to the bewildering world of photo printing. It would be great to see a review of the various online photo labs.