Quote Originally Posted by Marko View Post
Not sure exactly what you are asking BF - I have been doing most of the printing myself for the past few years since I like thick kick butt paper...feel free to prompt me for additional info. if you need any in this thread or another one.
Giclee Printing.

That's my goal, Marko. I want to be a Master Printer, and I know that's no small task.

Not that I'm unhappy with the results I get now, but I know my limitations. What I need desperately is to reach the point where photographers I'm acquainted with, that happen to be pretty good at printing themselves, will occasionally ask if I'd mind printing something they think a lot of for them because they believe I could do it a little more justice than they might.

I'm pretty sure it seems like my head is swollen when people read what I post here, but the truth is I'm more than just a little insecure about my mess. Do you know what happens when a person feels that way about their own work? They tend to spend with the idea that it'll make them better. Doesn't work. The “ten thousand hour rule” trumps that misguided notion.(as slow as my old Epson is, I've only got about five or six more prints to go before getting there next year sometime)

Just like you, I love the feel of an uber thick paper. Especially one with loads of texture. I've tried a lot of them, but there are so many more to try. There's always a new favorite out there. I close the doors and “zone out” for hours with the Colormunki building print profiles. I read as much as I can find on printing, but don't know what to cull from that information.(one thing is for damn sure, not everyone knows what they're talking about and sometimes that can cost me a fairly expensive piece of paper.)

I don't want to be one of those whose mantra is, “I print...and you should, too”. Quite honestly, it might be a bug that most would not want to catch. But, isn't it a shame that so much of what is photographed today is sent to the jpeg asylum we call the internet? In another hundred years very few people will know what it feels like to hold and gaze at a handmade print on Fine Art Baryta.

I know you print and I'm already putting to good use a lot of what you have covered in your podcast. I guess all I'm asking of you now is to do what you can to encourage the art by sharing on the site some of what you've learned. I'm pretty sure you can be trusted not to steer us wrong.