Don Kuykendall_RIP
RIP :(
What is the best choice for wedding enlargements (8X10)
I am a big fan of Ilford Pearl and Ilford Fibre Gold. But I am using a pigment ink printer and due not know how they would print on dye ink printer.
When I'm doing photos, I always ask my customer first. I explain that glossy tends to look the best, sharpest, and most vibrant, BUT once a finger print is on the photo it will be there. Where non-glossy options are a little more forgiving. If they want to go glossy I give them a pair of my few hundred cotton gloves I have in a bag for handling photographs.
My preference is glossy, but only if they are willing to put the extra careful effort into handling them.
What is is with people thinking that photographers should bow down to clients? Maybe a paying client should get a little consideration but never to the point of seeing everything that was shot and deciding which ones were good enough. OK off of my soapbox now.
In what is admittedly my limited experience with this (not a wedding photographer (can't bear the thought of it, really)), it's a simple misunderstanding.What is is with people thinking that photographers should bow down to clients? Maybe a paying client should get a little consideration but never to the point of seeing everything that was shot and deciding which ones were good enough. OK off of my soapbox now.
In what is admittedly my limited experience with this, it's a simple misunderstanding.
I simply explain that my work, once released into the wild, is a direct reflection on me and where I am as a photographer; as such I need maintain control over what is released and what is not.
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I understand. Why are you even dealing with the printing part of this whole freebie thing anyhow? When I shot my under protest freebie wedding, I gave my friend the shots I deemed exceptable on a USB stick, and told him he has to deal with the printing side of it.Since I am paying for all of the prints I think I will make the decision on what to print. I was leaning toward Luster for all the reasons so I think that is the way I will go.
I had a message from the Father of the Bride telling me that they really wanted to see ALL the photos I shot. He knows that there will be shots they like that I don't think are good enough to be printed but they would like anyway. LOL. I had to explain to him that would never happen and that photographers never let the client see everything that was shot much less let them print something that was not up to the photographers standards. He was nice about it and said that he did understand. What is is with people thinking that photographers should bow down to clients? Maybe a paying client should get a little consideration but never to the point of seeing everything that was shot and deciding which ones were good enough. OK off of my soapbox now.
NEVER AGAIN. Birds and mountains are a lot better to shoot.
I understand. Why are you even dealing with the printing part of this whole freebie thing anyhow? When I shot my under protest freebie wedding, I gave my friend the shots I deemed exceptable on a USB stick, and told him he has to deal with the printing side of it.
He was more than happy with the deal.
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Back to the whole "s a direct reflection on me and where I am as a photographer; as such I need maintain control over what is released and what is not. "
i would be afraid they would take them to the local drug store to get them printed or even worse crank up their home printer and print them on regular paper and show them to everyone.
Could you not do them a photo album instead of prints?
Over here we have deals all the time on Photo Books, I have heard Adorama Pix is amazing over in the US