The truth is in the print; what looks good on the screen doesn’t necessary hold in print (and vice versa). Having gone through the first set of cartridges and pile of paper, I am glad that I haven’t deleted my original files. In a number of cases I had to return to the RAW files and process them with adjusted settings. Let me explain:
This series of posts will be on getting serious (I hope) about fine-art printing. In the film days, I didn’t bother developing and printing myself; first, I didn’t have the space for a darkroom, and then I was reluctant to deal with the chemicals. More importantly, there were plenty of overnight development labs in town and professional print makers who had a certain affinity for art. Color rendition wasn’t an issue to discuss over a 4×5 slide on a color corrected light table. And I had a lot of prints done, as they were the only way to enjoy images, except perhaps for 6×6 slide projections.