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Author Andrew Darlow will be this month’s featured guest- Post a question for a chance to win prizes

October 3rd, 2009

UPDATE: The deadline has passed. Thanks to those who turned in questions. We will announce the winners during the show. I hope to put it out later this week.

Photographer, author and consultant Andrew Darlow of The Imaging Buffet will be on a show scheduled to air this month, and we’ve come up an idea. Just send a question about printing photographs via the comments in this message and Andrew will do his best to answer them all during the show. We are recording this segment this coming week so please get those questions in. He’ll also give away 2 signed copies of his upcoming book, Pet Photography 101, a signed 11×14-inch poster and a 30 minute private phone consultation to four people who post questions on this post. Topics to consider asking about include: How to make your prints match your screen better; How to find good places to bring your files to print; What inkjet printer is right for a specific need; and applications to use to retouch and print photos.

CONTEST IS OVER

Deadline for the questions will be end of day Monday October 5th. A winner will be chosen from those who comment on this post only by Monday at 11:59p.m. PST.

Now it’s your turn-help us make this a great show!

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andrewdarlow

Thanks everyone for posting your questions, and Victor for being such a great host. I really enjoyed being a part of the show! Congratulations to the winners. Stay tuned for an e-mail from me.

marieboyer

I have always shot in sRGB color space. I am reading Ken Rockwell's helpful manual on the D300 (just received the D300s for my birthday), and he recommends shooting in sRGB. I find what he says persuasive: if you are not printing your own photos then stick with sRGB, as it actually gives you better all-around color (my paraphrasing).

Everyone else hypes Adobe RGB. I mean everyone.

What is your take? Thanks.

ileneh

My question relates to resolution of items sent to printer. I know I should speak in terms of PPI, but I find this all confusing, no matter how much I read on the subject. Photoshop tells me dpi, so I use that. What is the lowest resolution (measured in dpi, I guess) that I should send to my printer? I've heard 150, 200, 250. I tend to stay at 300, because I know it will work; and ink is expensive, but the printer chokes on the big files sometimes. Presently I'm printing to either an HP 8550 (13x19" or 9x12 prints) or an Epson R340 (older). I'm about to set up an Artisan 800. (My library will no longer do exhibits with small prints, so I have to print as big as I can.)

scottbsawler

I've been listening to Typical Shutterbug since inception and read several photoblogs but have yet to invest in a camera: my iPhone is my tool right now. I intend to invest in a camera within the next 6-months, a new laptop and, for a newbie, can you recommend where to begin to learn digitally editing photos. Such as what type of consumer-end photo editing software programs I should consider investing in (photoshop, iPhoto, Aperture, etc). I prefer to learn before I purchase, because for me, it is more about the experience rather than the end product.

Many thanks,
Scott

Ezra J. Engle

What are the pitfalls of not caring about calibration and hating the idea of managing my own printer and ink? When is it more trouble than it's worth? Aren't professional services like MPix and BayPhoto going to acheive better results for most people? I only have one Black and White Lazer printer plugged in and I am happy with local printing only being used for text documents.

skenzer

What knowledge and experience can an ex-darkroom guy like myself take with him over to the digital side of printing that might help produce finer prints?

typicalmacuser

Skenzer I need your email address please

Rob Saunders

What is Mr. Darlow's view on the devices that are used to calibrate computer monitors for adjusting color on the display to match output to print? Any recommendations for hardware?

Rob "Miniology" Saunders