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Printing and
framing tips
1
Calibration
Always calibrate your monitor prior
to processing and preparing images to
print. Accurate colour is essential when
creating fi ne-art prints. Use a hardware
colorimeter, for example, a DataColor
Spyder. There are numerous tutorials
to help you with colour management.2
Trial run
Soft proofi ng your shot prior to
printing will help you to produce an
accurate print, with similar contrast and
colour to what you see on screen – thus
saving money on wasted ink and paper.3
Paper chase
Paper choice will have a huge
impact on the look of your print. Matt
papers tend to display a lower maximum
black, less contrast and colour saturation
compared to gloss papers. Be prepared
to make adjustments to your file to allow
for a particular paper’s traits. Buy a test
pack of papers to help you identify the
finish that will suit your chosen photo.4
Presentation
The classic method of displaying
photographs is framed in a window
mount. However, for something less
conventional and more contemporary,
consider a canvas wrap, aluminium or
acrylic print. A print is a focal point in
any living space – so don’t scrimp;
it’s a long-term investment.5
Keep it simple
Avoid fancy frames or colourful
mounts that will overpower your print.
Despite the wide choice today, keep
things simple and select a frame that
truly complements your photograph.IN ASSOCIATION WITH
‘For this great shot we recommend WhiteWall’s
Original Photo Print Under Matte Acrylic Glass
with a 50mm-deep, black Aluminium Artbox.
Our photo lab offers more than 80 handmade
frames, so another option would be a brown
Shadow Box Frame with a floating aluminium
Dibond print. This configuration allows for a
white border of variable size, which is a great
way to accentuate the picture even more.
Alternatively Ross might like to try our Original
Photo Print on Aluminium Dibond. The matte
Fuji Crystal Archive paper and an additional
white border of up to 12cm would give the
piece plenty of presence. Adding our brown
Copenhagen frame would finish the job.’
Jan-Ole Schmidt, Product Manager
WhiteWall.comWhiteWall recommends
4 Tweak colour
I manually tweaked the colour temperature to
achieve the most pleasing tone. I altered Tint,
changing the As Shot amount from +8 to +20
to remove a greenish tinge, then cooled the
image down from a value of 5,050 to 4,850.
to create a picture worthy
of hanging on the wall.
Whenever possible, I try to
take photographs when the
light is magical and golden
and will often shoot toward
the sun’s direction in order to
backlight or even silhouette
my subject. Contre-jour
photography helps to
showcase shape and form
and highlight detail, like the
veining of an insect’s wings.
This style can also help
simplify compositions.
This photograph of a male
banded demoiselle is a good
illustration of this approach.
I carefully aligned my
camera’s position so that
I could capture the insect
against the rising sun. I
resisted the temptation to fi ll
the frame with the damselfl yand instead purposefully
included a degree of negative
space. I liked the shape
and fl ow of the grass it
was roosting on and felt it
worked well with the insect’s
own outline. I hoped the
result would have a slightly
arty, oriental feel to it – and
believe the shot’s striking
simplicity makes it a good
candidate for printing.Contre-jour photography helps
to highlight intricate detail,
like the veining of this male
banded demoiselle’s wings
Nikon D800, 200mm, 1/8000sec
at f/4.2, -5 exp comp, ISO 50Displaying Ross’s image
on a black Aluminium
Artbox really helps to
bring out the detail