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Photo Printing: Using a Lab vs Buying Your Own Printer | PetaPixel by Phil Hawkins

https://petapixel.com/photo-printing-lab-vs-printer/

I have used a number of labs and printed some of my own photos on different all purpose color ink jet printers I owned over my last 20 years of digital photography. Both delivered quality as well as disappointing print results. I didn’t print enough that it was worth researching the subject of best photo print options until recently as the volume of what printed increased and with it the importance of quality control and cost. This is especially true after the last batches of photos I printed through several different labs were costly (with shipping) and the quality was spotty at best.

Since I have been planning to print more going forward, it was finally time I take a look at the big picture of photo printing before I spent more money on prints, and determine how to control the quality of the print output consistently across the board and then look at cost when the print volume increases.

In my research, this was one of the most concise and useful articles I found on the topic. Moving forward from here will be an interesting journey.

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“Side by Side” 2012 American Documentary Film Trailer

“Side by Side” Official Trailer

This film on the topic of “film vs. digital” technology as it applies to movies is now 10 years old but has stuck with me ever since I discovered it back then. I found it profoundly entertaining, educational and fascinating on many levels and still do. While the primary focus of this documentary is how the topic applies to movies, there is much of it that applies to still photography today. With the recent reemergence of still film photography, this film comes to mind often with me. I was born into the film/darkroom age but have yet to get my 35 mm film camera out again, but am planning to for the first time in 25 years after seeing some of the images people are creating on film today.

Anyone who enjoys. movies, the technical and creative aspects of the visual imagery being produced today as well as those in the past, whether still or moving, would probably find this a captivating documentary.

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/side_by_side_2012

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David Yarrow’s Dallas – D Magazine

By Jonathan Thompson | October 14, 2022|9:51 am |Photography by David Yarrow, Portraits by Henrik Olund
Treasure Chest: Yarrow with The Wolves of Wall Street, 2019 Henrik Olund

https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/2022/october/david-yarrow-photographer-dallas/

This is an interesting article and a unique perspective on Dallas as a photography setting from such a world-renowned British fine art photographer. Anyone who has lived in Dallas for any amount of time knows it is an ever-changing city with a rapidly evolving culture. As one on the inside, it is always fun to hear how people on the outside looking in perceive the city. The only constant here is change.