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Printing and Printing and More Printing

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Kathy Rappaport

pro member
Okay, so while I have done 1000's of photos, I rarely print them. Well, some I've printed - into greeting cards or calendars and then I've given them away as gifts. I have a small series on the home office wall. But that's really all I've done with all this photography of mine.

I've had a list going of things to print. I made a poster (20x24) to draw attention to my photography services at a pet charity event adding text and framing it to be a sign.

Well, I've had some favorites and decided that my list needed printing (for gifts) and that I would print one for Keith's Gallery to be sold...they came today and I had them printed on Endura Metallic. I spent the whole day gazing at these images. Some of the photos on my list were a series I printed in wallet format to be framed in a grouping. I am sending that out.

I did a portrait of my friend, his horse and his dog - together and separate. Never gave it to him. I can't wait untill he sees them now. Wow.

I had two clients for my accounting business drop into the office today and the photos were all out. They did not know about my photography - only heard or seen on the web. They both want to book sessions with me.

I cannot believe that I had this and I waited to print them. Don't wait. Print and Print again. I have to go now. I have been planning on painting my blue office walls a better color to offset my images in their frames which have been waiting for the printing. Sooner rather than later.
 
Asher Kelman

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Kathy, my friend, congrats on the joy. That is when the arc of intent is complete.

Good deeds bring their own karma!

Asher
 
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Edward Bussa

Member
Prints are so real, it just speaks and prompts in different ways. The web just feels more temporary and cluttered, everything obtains equal importance - less and less usually!

So what did you think of the metallic prints? I have been wanting to print one or two up but haven't yet. What are your observations?
 
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Kathy Rappaport

pro member
Spectacular

Ed,

I love those metallic prints. I printed about 20 or more images with that paper. It gives a surreal look that is so different. Recently I got some wedding album samples which had 5 or 6 kinds of paper used for the images. The color just pops on that paper. Even the whites are beyond beautiful. I even did some wallets with it and they give it a whole different feel than regular papers.
 
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Tim Gray

New member
The next stage in this progressive obsession :) is paper. Once you've had the tactile experience of holding a 13x19 print on Epson Velvet Fine Art... well it's almost as addictive as crack.
 
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Kathy Rappaport

pro member
Good to know

I have a 13x19 printer waiting to set up. If I am going to be addicted to something, then I'm happy it's photography. The alternatives aren't going to make other people happy!
 
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