Wonder how many quit printing their photos

+ cost is a major issue with printing... its much cheaper to keep
photos on a disk. Monitor viewing is as close to real-light viewing
as possible. Of course, with computers, we can pick and choose...
can print whatever part of pictures are important to us. Computers
have changed photography for the better, though prints still have
an important value.


On Feb 16, 4:40 pm, "Amamba" <e....TakeThisOut@mailexcite.com> wrote:
> Ever since I went digital about two + years ago, I stopped printing my
> photos - too many pics, too much work printing + arranging them in
> albums, and, finally - they look much better on a 19" screen anyway !
>
> I am still saving them at maximum quality setting, though... although
> at some point I will probably downsample copies for screen and save
> originals on DVDs.
>
> Just wonder how many people still print their photos and why.
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"Amamba" <egroy RemoveThis @mailexcite.com> wrote in message
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> Ever since I went digital about two + years ago, I stopped printing my
> photos - too many pics, too much work printing + arranging them in
> albums, and, finally - they look much better on a 19" screen anyway !
>
> I am still saving them at maximum quality setting, though... although
> at some point I will probably downsample copies for screen and save
> originals on DVDs.
>
> Just wonder how many people still print their photos and why.
>
I do, for a couple of reasons. The resolution of a good print is better
than my monitor, not to mention the res of other people's monitors, and it
is the best way to show an image to a large group of people at once. Like
at an art gallery.

--
Skip Middleton
www.shadowcatcherimagery.com
www.pbase.com/skipm
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On 16 Feb 2007 13:40:14 -0800, "Amamba" <egroy.RemoveThis@mailexcite.com> wrote:

>Just wonder how many people still print their photos and why.

Only a few of my "best of the best" get printed, to hang on the wall. The
others are viewed on the PC or even reformatted to use online. There is
little reason for me to print much of anything.


--
Tom Hise
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On Feb 16, 2:40 pm, "Amamba" <e... RemoveThis @mailexcite.com> wrote:
> Ever since I went digital about two + years ago, I stopped printing my
> photos - too many pics, too much work printing + arranging them in
> albums, and, finally - they look much better on a 19" screen anyway !
>
> I am still saving them at maximum quality setting, though... although
> at some point I will probably downsample copies for screen and save
> originals on DVDs.
>
> Just wonder how many people still print their photos and why.

Snapshots I print on an Epson Picturemate; about 15-20 prints per
month. When it comes to "art" shots I print only the very few best,
usually at 8X10. I've gone to medium format film for a while and I
develop and scan my own at home; I print at most 1/week. I take a lot
fewer shots with film than digital, but keepers tend to be more
common; I'm not snapping away like a mad fool anymore when I've only
got twenty or thirty frames (2-3 rolls) available for the afternoon.
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"Amamba" <egroy.DeleteThis@mailexcite.com> wrote in message
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> Ever since I went digital about two + years ago, I stopped printing my
> photos - too many pics, too much work printing + arranging them in
> albums, and, finally - they look much better on a 19" screen anyway !
>
> I am still saving them at maximum quality setting, though... although
> at some point I will probably downsample copies for screen and save
> originals on DVDs.
>
> Just wonder how many people still print their photos and why.

I print fewer and fewer.

I do print:

1/ For sharing with folks without computers
2/ For wall hangings/display
3/ Those really special ones
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On Feb 16, 7:37 pm, "Skip" <shadowcatc... DeleteThis @cox.net> wrote:
> "jeremy" <jer... DeleteThis @nospam.com> wrote in messagenews:BkrBh.35$2w.0@trndny09...
>
> > "Skip" <shadowcatc... DeleteThis @cox.net> wrote in message
> >news:h4rBh.35569$0y4.31284@newsfe14.phx...
> >> "Amamba" <e... DeleteThis @mailexcite.com> wrote in message
> >>news:1171662014.176058.12440@q2g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> >>> Ever since I went digital about two + years ago, I stopped printing my
> >>> photos - too many pics, too much work printing + arranging them in
> >>> albums, and, finally - they look much better on a 19" screen anyway !
>
> >>> I am still saving them at maximum quality setting, though... although
> >>> at some point I will probably downsample copies for screen and save
> >>> originals on DVDs.
>
> >>> Just wonder how many people still print their photos and why.
>
> >> I do, for a couple of reasons. The resolution of a good print is better
> >> than my monitor, not to mention the res of other people's monitors, and
> >> it is the best way to show an image to a large group of people at once.
> >> Like at an art gallery.
>
> >> --
> >> Skip Middleton
> >>www.shadowcatcherimagery.com
> >>www.pbase.com/skipm
>
> > DSLRs do tend to encourage taking lots of pictures. Amateurs that snap
> > off hundreds of shots (most of them probably NOT keepers) in a single day
> > are going to be hard-pressed to print more than a few of them. It's not
> > like back when one took a roll in for developing and it was presumed that
> > all the shots were going to be printed. There was no other way to view
> > them back then.
>
> Heheheh, I just shot over 400 images of a girl on Monday. Digital does
> encourage profligacy. But it wasn't really "spray and pray," every time I
> took a shot, her expression would change or her body would change position,
> and that needed to be photographed, too. Ah, well, that's what post
> production is for, I guess...
>
> > Although I still shoot primarily film, even I don't bother printing
> > everything. I scan and print only the better stuff, although I do often
> > print at larger sizes than 4x6, unlike the days when I had the minilab do
> > both the developing and printing. So I print less, but make bigger prints
> > of what I do print.
>
> Like you, I never printed everything I shot, mainly because when I shot
> film, I used black and white, primarily, and did it in my own darkroom. So,
> I'd just print the 2 or 3 per roll that appealed to me. And I printed 8x10
> and up.
>
> --
> Skip Middletonwww.shadowcatcherimagery.comwww.pbase.com/skipm

Printing 8x10s tends to get space hungry unless your wife likes
having pictures everywhere.
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> On Feb 16, 7:37 pm, "Skip" <shadowcatc... DeleteThis @cox.net> wrote:
>> "jeremy" <jer... DeleteThis @nospam.com> wrote in
>> messagenews:BkrBh.35$2w.0@trndny09...
>>
>> > "Skip" <shadowcatc... DeleteThis @cox.net> wrote in message
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>> >> "Amamba" <e... DeleteThis @mailexcite.com> wrote in message
>> >>news:1171662014.176058.12440@q2g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>> >>> Ever since I went digital about two + years ago, I stopped printing
>> >>> my
>> >>> photos - too many pics, too much work printing + arranging them in
>> >>> albums, and, finally - they look much better on a 19" screen anyway !
>>
>> >>> I am still saving them at maximum quality setting, though... although
>> >>> at some point I will probably downsample copies for screen and save
>> >>> originals on DVDs.
>>
>> >>> Just wonder how many people still print their photos and why.
>>
>> >> I do, for a couple of reasons. The resolution of a good print is
>> >> better
>> >> than my monitor, not to mention the res of other people's monitors,
>> >> and
>> >> it is the best way to show an image to a large group of people at
>> >> once.
>> >> Like at an art gallery.
>>
>> >> --
>> >> Skip Middleton
>> >>www.shadowcatcherimagery.com
>> >>www.pbase.com/skipm
>>
>> > DSLRs do tend to encourage taking lots of pictures. Amateurs that snap
>> > off hundreds of shots (most of them probably NOT keepers) in a single
>> > day
>> > are going to be hard-pressed to print more than a few of them. It's
>> > not
>> > like back when one took a roll in for developing and it was presumed
>> > that
>> > all the shots were going to be printed. There was no other way to view
>> > them back then.
>>
>> Heheheh, I just shot over 400 images of a girl on Monday. Digital does
>> encourage profligacy. But it wasn't really "spray and pray," every time
>> I
>> took a shot, her expression would change or her body would change
>> position,
>> and that needed to be photographed, too. Ah, well, that's what post
>> production is for, I guess...
>>
>> > Although I still shoot primarily film, even I don't bother printing
>> > everything. I scan and print only the better stuff, although I do
>> > often
>> > print at larger sizes than 4x6, unlike the days when I had the minilab
>> > do
>> > both the developing and printing. So I print less, but make bigger
>> > prints
>> > of what I do print.
>>
>> Like you, I never printed everything I shot, mainly because when I shot
>> film, I used black and white, primarily, and did it in my own darkroom.
>> So,
>> I'd just print the 2 or 3 per roll that appealed to me. And I printed
>> 8x10
>> and up.
>>
>> --
>> Skip Middletonwww.shadowcatcherimagery.comwww.pbase.com/skipm
>
> Printing 8x10s tends to get space hungry unless your wife likes
> having pictures everywhere.
>
She's a photographer, too, and never printed anything smaller than 11x16 if
she could help it. We don't know if our walls need paint, there's too many
photographs on there to tell.

--
Skip Middleton
www.shadowcatcherimagery.com
www.pbase.com/skipm
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In article <1171662014.176058.12440 DeleteThis @q2g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
"Amamba" <egroy DeleteThis @mailexcite.com> wrote:

> Ever since I went digital about two + years ago, I stopped printing my
> photos - too many pics, too much work printing + arranging them in
> albums, and, finally - they look much better on a 19" screen anyway !
>
> I am still saving them at maximum quality setting, though... although
> at some point I will probably downsample copies for screen and save
> originals on DVDs.
>
> Just wonder how many people still print their photos and why.

I am always prints, digital or analog wet prints. I have a house full
of my own work and I rotate it. I also exhibit & sell a lot of prints.
With my digital capabilities I do a fair amount of restoration and copy
work.
--
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I,. like you, print darn few photos these days. But, I'll continue to take
full resolution shots so that I can get better pictures with cropping.
Rich
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Amamba wrote:
> Ever since I went digital about two + years ago, I stopped printing my
> photos - too many pics, too much work printing + arranging them in
> albums, and, finally - they look much better on a 19" screen anyway !
>
> I am still saving them at maximum quality setting, though... although
> at some point I will probably downsample copies for screen and save
> originals on DVDs.
>
> Just wonder how many people still print their photos and why.

I started printing photos when I went digital! Previously I took slides,
and very rarely made print copies. Now with digital I make several prints
a year, and my wife does far more for birthday and Christmas cards. And
mugs. And table place-mats. And calendars. And a T-shirt!

The great majority of our display in on the PC screen, although
increasingly on the large screen TV driven from the portable.

David
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"Skip" <shadowcatcher.DeleteThis@cox.net> wrote in message
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> "Amamba" <egroy.DeleteThis@mailexcite.com> wrote in message
> news:1171662014.176058.12440@q2g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>> Ever since I went digital about two + years ago, I stopped printing my
>> photos - too many pics, too much work printing + arranging them in
>> albums, and, finally - they look much better on a 19" screen anyway !
>>
>> I am still saving them at maximum quality setting, though... although
>> at some point I will probably downsample copies for screen and save
>> originals on DVDs.
>>
>> Just wonder how many people still print their photos and why.
>>
> I do, for a couple of reasons. The resolution of a good print is better
> than my monitor, not to mention the res of other people's monitors, and it
> is the best way to show an image to a large group of people at once. Like
> at an art gallery.
>
> --
> Skip Middleton
> www.shadowcatcherimagery.com
> www.pbase.com/skipm
>

DSLRs do tend to encourage taking lots of pictures. Amateurs that snap off
hundreds of shots (most of them probably NOT keepers) in a single day are
going to be hard-pressed to print more than a few of them. It's not like
back when one took a roll in for developing and it was presumed that all the
shots were going to be printed. There was no other way to view them back
then.

Although I still shoot primarily film, even I don't bother printing
everything. I scan and print only the better stuff, although I do often
print at larger sizes than 4x6, unlike the days when I had the minilab do
both the developing and printing. So I print less, but make bigger prints
of what I do print.
 >> Stay informed about: Wonder how many quit printing their photos 

"jeremy" <jeremy.RemoveThis@nospam.com> wrote in message news:BkrBh.35$2w.0@trndny09...
>
> "Skip" <shadowcatcher.RemoveThis@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:h4rBh.35569$0y4.31284@newsfe14.phx...
>> "Amamba" <egroy.RemoveThis@mailexcite.com> wrote in message
>> news:1171662014.176058.12440@q2g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>>> Ever since I went digital about two + years ago, I stopped printing my
>>> photos - too many pics, too much work printing + arranging them in
>>> albums, and, finally - they look much better on a 19" screen anyway !
>>>
>>> I am still saving them at maximum quality setting, though... although
>>> at some point I will probably downsample copies for screen and save
>>> originals on DVDs.
>>>
>>> Just wonder how many people still print their photos and why.
>>>
>> I do, for a couple of reasons. The resolution of a good print is better
>> than my monitor, not to mention the res of other people's monitors, and
>> it is the best way to show an image to a large group of people at once.
>> Like at an art gallery.
>>
>> --
>> Skip Middleton
>> www.shadowcatcherimagery.com
>> www.pbase.com/skipm
>>
>
> DSLRs do tend to encourage taking lots of pictures. Amateurs that snap
> off hundreds of shots (most of them probably NOT keepers) in a single day
> are going to be hard-pressed to print more than a few of them. It's not
> like back when one took a roll in for developing and it was presumed that
> all the shots were going to be printed. There was no other way to view
> them back then.

Heheheh, I just shot over 400 images of a girl on Monday. Digital does
encourage profligacy. But it wasn't really "spray and pray," every time I
took a shot, her expression would change or her body would change position,
and that needed to be photographed, too. Ah, well, that's what post
production is for, I guess...
>
> Although I still shoot primarily film, even I don't bother printing
> everything. I scan and print only the better stuff, although I do often
> print at larger sizes than 4x6, unlike the days when I had the minilab do
> both the developing and printing. So I print less, but make bigger prints
> of what I do print.
>
Like you, I never printed everything I shot, mainly because when I shot
film, I used black and white, primarily, and did it in my own darkroom. So,
I'd just print the 2 or 3 per roll that appealed to me. And I printed 8x10
and up.

--
Skip Middleton
www.shadowcatcherimagery.com
www.pbase.com/skipm
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On Feb 17, 4:43 am, "jeremy" <jer....DeleteThis@nospam.com> wrote:

> What did you guys do back when everybody shot film? Surely nobody was
> taking hundreds of shots per day, unless they were for profit . . .

I shot 35mm, did printing at the students photographic society, both B/
W (winter) and colour negative (summer). We had very good gear (it was
at www.dtu.dk, plenty of geeks to do maintenace), and the students bar
was 20m away - darkroom experience improved with a glass of beer on
the table.

I typically did 3 or so enlargements per roll - but then always in
24x30cm, fits the rucksack nicely. And I did not use a motor drive, as
I only found it increased film consumption and not number of keepers.

/Martin
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