Do You Ever Print your Digital Photos?

[KJ_North]

That is terrible news (to my wallet). I'm going to dive in before the year is out.

Looking forward to teaching myself about paper types, ICC profiles, cutting mats, framing. The whole thing!

Paper can make a world of difference. That's the key on a lot of prints.

 

[KJ_North]

It's been mentioned in this thread and I agree, there's not much tangible about a digital photo on an electronic screen. Yes, there are large-format digital picture frames that even look like a printed print but it's not the same.

It's analogous to ripping an album and converting it to mp4 for an iPhone. Or before that, hooking the album output to the cassette recorder input and press Record. I did that with many of my old albums.

I like printing some of my more favorite photos and hang them on the wall. I have a decent photo printer that does a remarkably good job with black & white.

I'm no award winning photographer I just love photography ever since I got into it back in 1975 when I took a photography class. The teacher talked me into photographing for my high school year book. Load of fun for sure. Hooked me for life.

Absolutely printing takes everything to another level of appreciating what you have captured .... and for me it's like a closure of seeing the image, taking the shot, some editing to perfect the image... and finally print out and admire what you were able to capture.

 

[warrirboxerdog19]

Do you ever print your digital photos? Did a picture ever exist if it is never printed?
I printed a few ten years ago, but have never felt the need to print digital photos since.

I print some of mine to give to friends and family if I take pictures for them. Sometimes I print them for myself to enjoy if I really like the subject and want to remember a moment.

 

[F.O.V.113 113]

I do frequently. I make print orders at least 5 to 6 times a year (with multiple different images from different sessions in each order), and have several framed prints and canvas prints of my work on my walls and shelves ranging from 4x6' to 18x24', adding more to my walls pretty consistently, and a large collection of prints kept safe in my closet. My goal with most of my work is to create an art piece, and oftentimes that leads to those photos being printed by my clients or by me for personal use.

I don't think a photo doesn't "exist" if it hasn't been printed. Social media and forums like this prove how photos in digital media form have value.

 

[F.O.V.113 113]

I usually end up printing and framing half a dozen pictures each year, twice a year I put a book/project together on my iMac and email them around. I also each year author and use my photographs in a printed book. Somewhere around 25-30 pictures, nicely bound and presented to friends and family..