Chapter 7, "Black and White Prints," are still popular, and even though digital cameras capture in color, there are still ways to produce high quality Black and White prints using inkjet printers. While it may seem easy to print in Black and White, it is really much harder than it looks. There are a lot more variables to deal with such as the tonal qualities, inks, papers - and even the printer drivers’ qualities all must be taken in to account.
Chapter 8, "Image Evaluation and Presenting Fine Art Prints," looks at the fact that after everything is done, your image will be evaluated and judged many times beginning with the inspection of the image from your camera all the way to final proof. You need to understand what an evaluation is, and how to make it work for you. Then, once you have the right image and it is printed perfectly, it now must be prepared for presentation. Here you will learn about how to matte and present your images.
Fine Art Printing for Photographers continues to be the best overall book on fine art printing. This is not a rehash of a printer manual nor is it just a glossy overview of printing topics. This is a fairly technical yet easily readable book about how to get the best out of your prints.
This second edition covers the advancements in printer technology including new printers, papers, and inks that are suitable for fine art printing. By off loading specific printer details to an appendix and to online sources, they have assured that you will get the most up to date information available. If you want to learn how to print high quality fine art prints the correct way using inkjet printers, then I very highly recommend Fine Art Printing for Photographers.
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1 - Damien Franco
Having read the first edition only, I can say that the book does help amatuer Fine Art Photographers get through the steep learning curb that is gallery printing. As artists, photographers in particular seem to have a unique desire to reproduce, in every minute detail of color and clarity, the nuances of their images. Perhaps the fault lies with having too many tools to manipulate and enhance images in multitude that we just never seem to be satisfied with results. Especially if you're just starting out and have no idea the technical difficulties that can arise from trying to print your own work.