
With that in mind, I contacted two master printers to get their insider tips for photographers who want to–– get great prints from their own fine-art work. If you’ve ever struggled for hours making a series of inkjet prints on expensive paper that never quite match what you had in mind, printing your own images can seem like an exercise in frustration.


While there are clear advantages to working with a pro lab, I’ve always felt that a photographer’s active participation in creating their own prints adds value, insures that every nuance of their vision is incorporated into the final image and completes the circle begun when the photographer first snapped the shutter.įor all of the creative satisfaction that printing delivers, it can be an exacting discipline.
