only printerwhere metallicand high-glossprints canbe
produced.
SUBSTRATES
Whenitcomestosubstratesthedifferenceinqualityand
outputcanbevast,andthephotographercanquiteeasily
becomeconfusedwithwhattoexpect.Evenwithpaperthe
amount of variety is huge.
Paper
Ifthephotographerhasaspecificstyleofworkthismay
wellbesuitedtooneparticulartypeofpaperoveranother.
Eachtypeofpaperwilladdsomethingtothefinalfeelof
the photographer’s work. Some may be more suited to
colour images or to black and white or toned images.
Whenchoosing a paper thephotographer shouldalways
considerafewoptionsanddecidewhichmediumwillsuit
hisimageandenhancethefeeloftheportrait.Youshould
also be mindful that the best-quality images will be
produced from
thebest-qualitypapersand inks.BrandssuchasCanson,
Harman,EpsonandHahnemuhle,FujiandKodakwillall
offer many of the types of paper listed below.
Warmer-toned papers
Ofacreamiernaturethanapure whitepaper,thesewill
enrichwarmercolours andbeingsofterand moretonally
forgivingcouldeasilybeusedto enhancemoredelicate,