Printing

Solihull Lecture - Fabulous Print Stands!

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I love printing and I produce a print of every image that I’ve worked up to the standard necessary to feature on my website, but it’s rare to get the chance to display more than about 20 at any lecture I deliver. Well Solihull changed all that - they had enough print stands for me to be able to display every underwater print I had with me!

It gives me a great sense of pride and happiness when I can see them all at the same time. It really reminds me how super lucky I am to have had so many fantastic underwater encounters :-)

What a Print Stand!

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I take around 35 prints to all my lectures (even though my delivery is via projector using Powerpoint) for two reasons;

  • I’m sponsored by PermaJet and Pinnacle so it’s only fair to display the superb papers and mounts they offer

  • I love printing and always print any image I’m happy with - for me it’s the final, but absolutely necessary, step in my workflow. So given I have so many it’s a shame not to use them

However, it’s rare I turn up at a venue and there’s the means to display them all - sometimes they just have to be laid flat on tables. This is a shame because ideally a print needs to be displayed vertically. This is because it makes a massive difference how the light is reflected by the ink and consequently how the colours are perceived. They just look less vibrant when laid down.

Well, lack of a means to display them vertically was certainly not the case at my recent Leicester Forest PS lecture - what a print stand they had! As you can see below it took all my prints with room to spare. And it was all assembled (and taken down) in less than 10 minutes by just a few members.

Thanks guys :-)

New workshop added - Perfect Prints

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As I give my lectures around the country the topic I’m most asked about is printing. It seems so many people have had (or continue to have) bad print experiences. I’m passionate about printing & I’ll admit to wasting a fair amount of ink & paper in the early days, but I’m glad to say all that’s behind me now. I genuinely believe that if you set up your printer and software correctly you’ll never waste another drop of ink, what you see on your monitor is what you’ll get on the printed paper. Join me for a one day printing workshop & I guarantee you’ll leave with the skills & settings to get 100% perfect prints every time.

Printing from Lightroom

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One of the questions I get asked most often when I deliver talks to camera clubs is about printing from Lightroom. There’s no doubt that unless you get a few vital settings correct in the Lightroom Print Module then you can have all sorts of problems. I recorded this video tutorial for my Workshop but I thought I’d make it generally available because I’d genuinely like to see as many people as possible print their images without frustration.

Printing from Lightroom

Appointed as a PermaJet Envoy

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I love my printing & I’ve used PermaJet papers right from the start - I can honestly say I’ve never used any other brand. So when they offered me a position as an Envoy it was a no brainer - of course I said yes. One of the perks is I get 25% off list price on all their papers plus free P&P and I’m more than happy to pass this on to any of my colleagues - just email me & I’ll sort it.