Printing Big and Loving It!

The other day, I stumbled onto a great deal on 11x14 prints. It had been going on for a few days and I found it on the last day of the promotion. I've never been crazy about printing stuff out for a few different. First off, I go crazy trying to decide which ones to print, and after that which ones to put on the wall. Secondly, printing 8x10s and 11x14s usually means I have to crop my photos a little boxier than I usually would. I like a wider aspect ratio. The part of photography that I enjoy the most is the actual process of capturing the images and I even like the post processing part too. I can really lose all sense of time while editing a photo. Anyway, I snapped up a few prints I thought that would be good for my physical portfolio and a few I was just curious as to how they would look in big print. I also decided to try a couple of different types of paper to compare.

A day or two passed and I got my prints much faster than I expected. I am in shock at how great they look! Both papers look good too. I got a regular matte finish and a metallic paper that I had been wanting to check out. The metallic really looks nice on contrasty photos. Deep rich blacks, and just a very cool shine to the photos. Now I wish I had printed so many more photos, but now everything is back to normal prices :(.