As a photographer I should really be printing shouldn’t I?
Well it’s taken me long enough to get round to looking at printing. I don’t mean printing at home as that is pretty much a false economy. A decent A3 printer, configured to use continuous inking systems and the cost of paper you’re looking at around £400 just to start. And that’s before you factor in calibration etc. So printing then – Labs prints aren’t cheap, but when you consider how much I print then Lab costs mean I can probably do 40-50 prints before it costs more. And by lab prints I mean A3 and above.
The above image I’ve had printed by Palm Labs for £10, we had a few calibration issues with some moiré patterning so I’ve ended up with 3 other prints (which I gave Steve £10 for) which were going to be binned – which for me are fine for print samples. This print could not be done at home as it’s 32″ x 8″ so already a home printing solution wouldn’t be viable here.
The next step is framing, the library pano is no use for club competitions due to the size, but the intention was always for get a frame and mount for it. Currently the cheapest price is around £35 from a company called Picframes – who I have no experience with, but at that price it’s certainly worth a punt.