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printing

How To Choose Between Canvas and Framed Prints

April 5, 2010 Prints

One of the most common questions I get is what exactly are canvas prints, and what are the differences and/or benefits in relation to more traditional matted and framed prints. The short answer is it all depends on your personal tastes and preferences, budget, interior design, and location where the photograph will be hung. Let’s [...]

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Canon Service Comes Through Again For My Aging iPF5000

March 18, 2010 General

My main studio printers are a Canon iPF 5000 and Canon iPF8100. Both have been workhorses for me over the years, and I’ve printed hundreds of prints on each one. I’ve had the iPF5000 for 3 years, and aside from some software related issues, it has been a great printer for me in terms of [...]

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Why I Enjoy Helping Students Make Better Prints

March 15, 2010 Workshops

We had another great Beyond the Lens Digital Printing workshop this weekend, and I’m confident students gained information and insights that will allow them to make better creative decisions in regards to their printing. Each workshop is always different, and I’m always appreciative of the opportunity to meet so many great people and share my [...]

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Fine Art Printing Workshop Mindmap

March 6, 2010 Workshops

I’m getting ready to teach a Fine Art Printing Workshop in a few hours, so I thought I would share the mind map  I use as an outline for everything I cover during the workshop.  I’m a big user and believer in mind maps for laying out ideas, concepts, tasks, projects, business plans, marketing plans [...]

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Orchestrating New Opportunities in Landscape and Nature Photography

November 17, 2009 Personal

I am very pleased and especially grateful that Lexjet has selected me to be featured in their latest InFocus newsletter. In their Artist Spotlight section, I was able to talk about my approach to landscape photography and how it relates to my past career in music, and how I try to find new ways to [...]

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How I Choose Papers To Make the Perfect Print

October 24, 2009 Craft

Ansel Adams once said “the negative is the score, and the print is the performance“, and for me, the print is what drives my motivation and all of my creative efforts as a landscape photographer. I love this quote because it really captures my thinking process, especially coming from a music background where everything I [...]

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