Turn pictures into high quality prints
PhotoPlus : The Canon Magazine|September 2020
Are your photos stuck on a hard drive? Dan Mold shows you how to print them out so you can showcase them on your walls at home
Dan Mold
Turn pictures into high quality prints

THE MISSION

To understand everything you need to know about printing at home

Time needed

45 minutes

Skill level

Beginner

Kit needed

• IPS monitor

• Colour calibrator

• Inkjet printer

• Good photo paper

We live in a time where almost the entire photographic process can be performed through a screen. Images are composed on electronic viewfinders, edited on computer monitors and shared online via smart devices. Some photos are viewed by millions of people and never get printed. Yet, the resurgence of instant cameras and the popularity of online printing outlets are proof there’s still a huge appetite for physical prints.

There’s something that’s undeniably magical about holding a photograph in your hands, or framing and hanging one on a wall. Prints are also a great way to analyse your work – they allow you to view your efforts with fresh eyes. You may notice things you missed on-screen and aspects you’d do differently in the future, and you might find a photograph you’re not particularly enamoured with finally reaches its true potential as a physical print.

This story is from the September 2020 edition of PhotoPlus : The Canon Magazine.

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