22 December, 2007 - Battle of The Barytas
For fine-art photographers paper is where the battle lines are drawn. Over the past year or so paper manufacturers have tried to bring us inkjet printing papers that combine the tactile and visual beauty of fibre-based substrates with the high dMax and saturated colours of resin coated papers using photo black ink. Close, but not quite there yet in my view.
In the chemical print era Baryta-based papers were considered by many as the pinnacle. Now, three of the major paper makers have introduced Baryta papers for inkjet printing;
Hahnemuhle Fine Art Baryta 325 ,
Harmon Gloss FB AI, and I
lford Galerie Gold Fibre Silk. Are these the
Holy Grail of printing?My three-way comparison report,
Battle of The Barytas is now online.
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I recently purchased From Camera to Print and wasn't sure what to expect considering the very low price. Now that I've watched all of the series,
I just wanted to say "WOW!" Out of all the books I've read, all of the online tutorials, all of the forum tips, and all of my experimenting your video provided the most useful information of all.
I took notes, something I haven't done since college (many years ago) and now find myself going back to my notes or the video itself when I am working through my process. ...
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