Fine Art Photography: From Scan to Print to Frame
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- Опубликовано: 8 июн 2024
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You better believe it. I'm printing that photo of Houston's Liquor from my most recent on-location video. And I'm doing it big: 2-foot by 6-foot.
Oh, what's that? You want to see how it's made? I thought you'd never ask. Seriously. I thought no one would ever ask to see this. But hey, I'm doing it anyway. So I made a video showing the entire process from scan to print to frame to hanging it on the wall.
I started with a drum scan...but that didn't work out too well. So I instead scanned the 6x17 negative (of Kodak Portra 160 film) on my Epson V750 scanner. Then I cleaned up the file and prepped it for printing before sending off to Pro Photo Connection in Irvine, CA to get a C-type wet-process print on Fujifilm Crystal Archive Pearl paper. They used a beast of a machine: a ZBE Chromira ProLab printer.
It came out so. damn. good. ...if I may say so myself.
Then the print was mounted on 3/4 gator board and laminated with a luster lamination before heading off to Salamon Art in Fountain Valley, CA for framing where they wrapped it in a beautiful warm-gray float-frame.
With the print finished and hanging on the wall, it was time for me to enjoy a cold celebratory beer while I pontificate about the virtues of printing and why you should do it too. Because if I can't pretentiously lecture to you about what you should be doing with your photography, why do this at all, you know?
But really, I hope you enjoyed watching this whole process of capturing, scanning, printing, framing and hanging this 6x17 film image on the wall. By the way, I created this photo on Kodak Portra 160 film using a Shen-Hao TFC 617-A panoramic camera. You can view the original on-location video where I created this photo here: • Photography On Locatio...
Printing (and film processing) by Pro Photo Connection in Irvine: www.prophotoconnection.com
Framing by Salamon Art: www.salamonart.com
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Ahhh😊 Therapy wrapped up in a video. I love your content.
Glad seeing you here Sir!
Heaton and Carver would be a knockout combo. Should happen.
Its always great seeing two You Tubers collide in the RUclips comments section.
❤️
Thomas! Thanks a lot, my friend. It means a lot coming from you.
Nick Carver : not your typical Weekly uploader. But, oh boy... when he does he delivers.
Xavier Ancarno I'm putting that on my business card.
Xavier Ancarno No Kidding. No fro...um, I digress.
He do bring the goods
How much did this cost? Just wondering how much it would run to get something this big printed and framed.
Total cost of materials was around 800-850.
This is - quite strangely - maybe my favourite photography video of this year. There's no actual photography involved, nothing on-location and no epic drone eye-candy; but the satisfaction of printing something you made (even if not us, viewers) shows through and actually brings the same satisfaction to those watching. Truly makes you appreciate our common passion.
Thank you very much. There are a lot of videos to choose from, so that's saying something. And I thought about doing an epic sweeping drone shot of the paper coming out of the printer, but decided against it - haha.
Before you leave a comment asking how much it cost: it was about $750 all-in (not counting film, developing, or scanning fees).
EDIT: For those taking the "all-in" comment a liiiiiittle too literally...yes, the roll of film cost $7.53 and developing cost $5.00. The drum scan cost $150, but I obviously didn't use the drum scan after all (and likely won't be drum scanning my C-41 film going forward as a result of this experience), so I'm chalking that up as an expensive lesson learned/cost of doing business. So that just leaves the $12.53 in film and developing, which if we're being this literal about "all-in", I would need to divide that by the number of prints I've made so far (3 at the time of this writing), so $12.53/3 = $4.18. But this number will, of course, go down as I make more prints in the future. So long story short, this particular print featured in the video cost about $750 in materials + $4.18 in prorated film and developing fees. Or, ABOUT $750 👍🏼
...but then again there's the cost of the camera, lens, my clothes, food calories required to click the shutter, wear and tear on my shoes...hmm, this may take awhile.
Not too bad all things considered. And it looks pretty damn good I must say.
so not 750 then ?
And here's me trying to figure out how to develop using coffee and vinegar because I can't afford chemicals. People are like OMG can you print this for me and I'm like......."Ah..... you wanna just buy the negative?"
So i can say than the only thing i can afford in this video is the beer!
So $2000-$3000 retail then? (If you were going to sell it)
Fantastic video btw!!
I know im a couple years late to this party... but... That finish on top of the print looks amazing. I paused the video at 11:10 and just stared at it for like 5 minutes. This entire print/framing choice is 11/10. And since I just found this channel tonight, time to binge them all. Great work.
Thanks Nick, great walkthrough of the process!! I'm going to get some prints made and was really confused what paper to use, etc. This helped a lot!!
Here's a breakdown of everything Nick said. In case you're like me and you like lists:
Print size: 2 ft x 6 ft
1. Step 1
a. Drum scanning
b. Aztek imaging, Alex Burke is better (learned this from some other video I watched)
c. Gigantic TIF file (16-bit)
d. Scanned on v750 instead, either will work
2. Step 2
a. Prep file for printing
b. Clean dust
c. Bring into Lightroom Color and tonal adjustments
d. Export as 16-bit TIF
e. Open in photoshop, use smart sharpen
f. Resize to 24 in x 72 in at 300 ppi
g. Send via FTP
3. Step 3
a. Print
b. Pro photo connection
c. Zbe chromira prolab printer (C-type print)
d. Get proof made first - small version of print
4. Step 4
a. Mount and laminate
b. Mount on 3 ¼ in gator board - light weight
c. No glass, apply luster lamination (mounting guy did this)
i. Luster lamination removes gloss
d. Printed on Fuji crystal archive perl paper (looks backlit, but ultra high gloss)
e. Sign and number print
5. Step 5
a. Framing
b. SalamonArt.com
c. Make sure you can trust them
d. Float frame, check against different parts of print
THX for this GREAT List - I COPY and SAVE /// McRoman ... ;)
I'm a new subscriber. I follow a lot of photographer accounts on youtube. Some are funny. Some are profound. Some are informative. Some put together compelling videos. And very few are actually good photographers. Nick's the first one I've encountered who is all of the above. Thanks for the content!
Thank you very much for the kind words. The quality of the photography is always my main concern, so it means a lot to hear this.
WAY WAY better than your average youtube photography video. Outstanding.
Glenn Smith I really appreciate that. Thanks a lot!
Glenn Smith thats so true, Im glad these types of channels exist
Blow job knows photo......... dot com
@@zebunker and the way he says that is even more irritating, lol. Nick is real and fantastic
Can't believe Pro Photo is still in business. I remember they were one of our competitors back in the day. I worked as a photo lab tech (mostly custom printing) at a small lab near O.C. airport for 30 years. Did a lot of work for architectural photographers, interior designers, Chuck Jones Studios, and many other cool people and companies. This was years before digital (when I started... in the mid 70s) and then when digital got going we lost a lot of business. About 10 months after I quit I found out they sold the business. Great video and nice finished print! Your description of having a finished print on the wall is right on. Used to be nice when I could print my own stuff at work. Those were the days... ;>)
Subbed!
I love ProPhoto, I spent a lot of time in the OC about 26 years, and was grateful that they, and Samy's were around. I lived close to JWA, it was very convenient. I am now in Salt Lake working for a production company. We have a big archive to scan for a video, and Nick's videos were very influential on our purchase of a Epson V800., with SilverFast. I am now trying to figure out if we need to take the SilverFast SE 8 that came with the scanner, to an upgrade version. Not sure of the gain. Been thrown into the deep end, everything I know about scanning is from RUclips. It has been cool to see Nick's videos because he sounds good, and it is not a bunch of added B.S. To have local references I know is good!
@@brisci Silverfast is great. Turns any scanner into a beast and really does a massive impact
Awesome videos Nick.. love the fact that you film the entire process, it’s really inspiring.. thanks for putting the time to create these videos, keep it up! 📸
cesar garcia thank you for watching. I'm flattered anyone even cares to see it. Haha
question, where did you get your print mounted on 3/4 gator board and laminated with a luster lamination??
O...k ... 13 minutes and 29 seconds of education and inspiration .... what's not to like? Great content delivered in Nick's unique style .... loved it.
Thank you!
I know how you feel when hanging it up, after all the work, done it many times before. I grabbed a beer too. Glorious.
This was an amazing result. I love Chromira prints. That's a print to be proud of.
Nice work Nick. Great video, and especially so for showing the initial no-go with the drum scan aspect. All very interesting and informative.
$750 was well worth it. I wish I could print more of my work, but what I have printed, I love. Nice job.
The printing part is my favorite part of photography. You see your art come to life.
Amen to that.
You make a digital guy want to try and shoot film , great photography and I believe you must print to appreciate
Larry Crain thank you sir
I would love to see a video on how you personally store and catalog your negatives. Those were really cool boxes towards the beginning of the video. Great picture and awesome print man!
Your channel does a lot for my soul.
I swear, anytime I run into a span where I feel a lack of artistic motivation or creativity I turn to your videos, even if I’ve seen them before. You and your work are top tier inspiration for me. Thank you for that, Nick!
The photo is gorgeous, love the details!
What a great journey man from exposure to print. Stunning
Bill Pickle thank you!
it is always inspiring to see how much love and dedication you give to your work. An image is not complete until is not printed properly.
Printing is such an important and fun part of photography. It could end up being a conversation piece in your living room. A personalized gift. Its really when photos we spend so much time making, comes alive.
your videos are so addictive bro!! I can't stop looking at them.... especially the on location photography ones... love from India
Thank you very much, my friend!
Reminds me a book by Joel Meyerowitz: Cape Light, I bought nearly 40 years ago, good work.
You've got the photographers eye in capturing the moment. It really does look like a moment and a place in time, I'd have that on my wall for sure where you can admire it from a distance and go right in to take in all that detail. The quality of the print itself as good as it can be without actually being there, outstanding.
Oh so good! It's like seeing your babies getting born :)
I sent a portrait I did to Walmart 8x10 for $4. Wow, blew me away. Have it hanging on my wall.
I also am thinking of doing go this. For the cost (cheap) it seems like it wouldn’t hurt to try it out. How is the quality of the final print?
This is really great stuff mate.
And Nick your videos is the food for my soul!
I agree with you so much about getting prints done, its the most satisfying thing in photography. And when you sell them to clients, its even better. I print my photos on plexiglas, really love the 3d-look it gives and the quality. Have a nice weekend.
Totally awesome man! Cheers! 😎🍻
sillysausage72 much obliged!
Beautiful looking print. Would love to be able to appreciate it in person while sipping a glass of that Blanton's. ;-) Heaven. Many thanks for all your effort in creating these videos. Always look forward to the next one.
Brent Just thanks! And that's a damn good way to enjoy looking at a print.
Love this. 100% with you, the final satisfaction when you get a great shot and then go through the process is the PRINT! Not enough people do this nowadays!
I Don't comment easy. But your videos are class part from rest of this world. Gives a clear defination to the thought in my photography. So subtle and simple yet so different. This is the best, I have even seen in a video about printing images. Your are a cult.
Hi Nick. Thanks for sharing. Your videos make such a nice triptych: 1) on location video 2) review of the images 3) printing and frame on the wall. The whole story.
Great story. Keep going. If you feel you singing your intros works for you, just do it 😁
monmioamio thank you very much! And this is probably the last time I'll sing an intro. Haha
Amazing. I'm curious to know how much it costs to get a print like this done... From negative to wall.
Great work my friend. Cheers.
Iv M just cost of materials on this one was about 800-850. Not counting time spent.
Arrived at this video looking to see someone knowledgeable show their method of self-printing & mounting art photography. Wrong video. BUT so much more interesting (mesmerizing, actually) by an enthusiastic expert showing the best way to have it done 3rd parties professionally. What a treat and what a personable, photo-loving, printing-loving guy! Thank you. Hey! Wait just a minute! Is that THE Thomas Heaton commenting just below? Wow! Another great photographer and video-maker I follow!
You are so right, there is nothing like seeing your hard in print and displayed! Thanks for sharing!🙏🏾☺️
Amazing work but I have a question: why don’t you choose to centre the building in the middle of the frame? Can you explain me your choice? Thanks 👍
Another great video. Do you find that dry scanning the 6x17 negative better then wet mounting, since you have done both? They sell anti-newton glass, medium format trays for the Epson that I was thinking of getting.
Abigail Sockeye I actually wet mount scanned this negative also, but ended up using the dry scan. The wet scan had no noticeable improvement in sharpness but I did get some strange fringing around some of the edges on the wet scan that weren't there on the dry scan.
You are so right about printing your own work.
Thank you for taking us on your journey 😍
I'm blown away by the level of craftsmanship in this piece, besides, that's one of the best photos I've ever seen, sincerely. Would it been nice to know the aprox cost of all those premium process
Señor Calabaza thank you very much! Total cost was around 800-850.
Nick Carver wow, that's quite a lot of money. thanks for the reply
I wanted to have an idea of the cost. Price does not seem to bad when you consider the end product.
@@nickcarverphoto I need to watch more of your content how do you number your prints from one? And what would you charge for such a wonderful print such as that?
Excellent work, as always. Thanks for the inspiration. Now, can I borrow some money? LOL
TheAgeOfAnalog haha - I would but I spent all mine on prints. And whiskey.
There's something therapeutic about this video. Not quite sure why but I like listening to you talking about a lot of things I don't quite understand. Love it!
Amazing journey Nick. And absolutely agree with you about print our work. It's the final step in creative photography process.
Love your videos! But I have to ask a question: Why not wet scan the negative rather than using the shim method? You'f get excellent results. Just aksing, not criticizing.
John Wilkinson that's a good question. I actually did wet scan it on my epson, but ended up using the dry scan. The wet scan wasn't noticeably sharper but it did have weird color fringing on some of the high-contrast edges, which the dry scan didn't have.
Is it possible to make prints that large with that kind of resolution from a digital image, or does it need to be on film?
You could use a medium format camera, the new 60mp Sony ARIV, or maybe even combine that with some fractal resizing. Possssibly resizing with AI models might help, but afaik they are currently mostly useful for low res upscaling .
@@Baronvonbadguy3 I have the Sony A7 II with 24MP. I wonder what the biggest print would be I could do that still looks good, even when you're getting close to it.
@@WinrichNaujoks those fractal resizing algorithms do solid work with inkjet printing. Give it a shot. If you're not cropping in much, 24mp might be enough. A little sharpening goes a long way
Love your passion for the printing process. We all share that feeling of making something great.
One more thing: Its a file on the computer, it's an image on your phone but it only becomes a photograph on the wall. I absolutely love the very last part when you ttalking about the value of a print on your wall. Its so much satisfying.
Absolutely stunning. The question now remain how high is Ton(y)'s IQ ?
I'm curious how much you ended up spending on all of this.
Look up his comment
Proper content from a proper photographer. What a refreshing change. Fantastic stuff - I have subscribed.
That turned out absolutely stunning! And yes, the feeling of being able to hold the photo in your hand, not just watch it on a screen, that’s what it’s all about.
Why don’t you get the raw scan and manually invert it? I do this when I get my negatives drum scanned. It takes practice and a little bit to tweak, but the results are amazing.
Good question IMO. With a raw scan you can do as many inversions as it takes to get it right. Regardless, another excellent video!
For inversion I have used the plugin program ColorPerfect with great success. But not on a drum scan.
That's a great idea and I'm sure it's worth trying. I will say, though, that I also tried "DSLR scanning" this image on a light box and then inverting in PS like you describe. Doing the inversion myself with careful use of the tone curve never got the colors as good as SilverFast did for me with their Portra profile. I'm no slouch when it comes to color correction using curves in PS, but maybe I'm not as practiced as I could be for inverting negatives.
There is a way to get a so called linear scan with dslr. Linear scan is preferred when you are going to invert the image with ColorPerfect. www.colorperfect.com/colorperfect.html?lang=en
I don't believe you can get a RAW output from Digital PhotoLab which I'm sure they used on that Howtek. I can't get a raw output from ScanXact on my drum scanner or from my Scitex flatbed.
So what was the overall cost of that picture? I'm quite intrigued by printing some of my shots, but I generally just don't have the money...
e1337air given the size of this piece, it wasn't one of my cheaper ones. Around 800-850 all in.
Nick Carver since it’s a limited edition if you were to sell them exactly like you did the first one how much would you sell it for?
Even online prints and clip frames provide food for the soul, I started filling my place with them and it is so satisfying. And it's a great way to find out which pictures you love enough to 'go large' with. Great film Nick.
Thank you very much.
Thanks for the great video Nick! This is a great reminder to all just how a print can make you feel so satisfied.
What a super finished product, that print looks stunning! Great to see this from shoot to print, printing photographs is what it’s all about in the end!!
Starting to bring more of your own personality to this series! The content is fantastic and couldn't agree more about printing in general! Love it man, keep it up!
What a legend. Thanks for all the inspiration, watching your videos has got me actually getting prints made.
Nick, phenomenal video, you had me glued to the screen the whole time. Great delivery without being cheesy. Just the right amount of style. Love it man keep up the awesome work.
Love seeing the whole process from in the field to the wall. Thanks for all the time you put into this whole process and sharing it all. It's greatly appreciated! Absolutely love this image!
Kim Murphy thank you, Kim! Really glad you enjoyed it ;)
So Inspiring! An artist that respect his craftmanship and invests so much of himself in it!
I'm out of words for what this film made me feel, and it was only 13:29 minutes long! Absolutely phenomenal!
That’s what I always liked about film, the fact that it can be blown up THAT large and still look amazing.
There is a soul in your works and this is a result of your order and discipline,,
Awesome Nick, effin awesome. You're so right about getting your work printed.
so dont need to say the result is more than awesome ..... and this color issue is just the right kick ... Love it
Thank you! 👍🏼
Loved it. Totally agree: printing makes your photography alive! Amazing print there. Thank you for the inspiration.
So satisfying watching the whole process of finding the location, shooting it, scanning, printing it, hanging it. That beer sip, I can almost TASTE the gratification of finally having it up on the wall like that. I've previously worked in print labs that use these kind of printers, and always always recommend printing this way rather than ink-to-paper style.
Awesome video! Makes you really think about the "why" of photography. The record about making something tangible out of photographs is the right one to be broken.
Such an eye-opener seeing a photograph this way. Makes me reconsider it as art like a painting on the wall.
I loved this series. Top notch content. Thanks for sharing
Thank you!
Your videos are always so much fun .... love your work and style.
Your story telling approach is awesome, and so is the fact that you didn't over boost shadows in the darks.
Now that is something we dont see everyday. Motivating me to get some prints made (not as big as this but still something real and tangible).
Nick, you sure do put the effort in. Fantastic work and so much attention to detail.
YES! Food for the Soul. What a perfectly accurate way of describing that feeling (I'm stealing it).
Nick thank you so much for sharing this project. - I have a large empty wall in the living room I've wanted to fill and have gone down so many avenues of what to put in the space. It's witness to nearly every minute of family life, and so I decided it needs a really strong statement piece.
This is exactly how I want to frame it, and you've brought the inspiration and a task list in grand form.
Salute, good sir.
Thank you! Good on you for deciding to fill that wall. Nothing like making a print.
Very well done, Nick. Love your passion.
That is one beautiful print! Picture itself, the colours, the paper used, and the frame as well. All around awesome!
Excellent! Well worth the wait as always, now i know to shoot transparency when drum scanning, Cheers Nick
Or find a better scanning technician if you're doing negatives - haha.
I really enjoyed this video. Learning the ins and outs of the process was oddly satisfying. Thank you for taking the time to do this.
What great Video! Seeing doing everything yourself with all the deep insights is a huge value I have not seen anybody deliver on that level of quality. Thank you very much!
This process was amazing to watch and I couldn't agree more on the the tangible aspect of photography! Keep it coming!
So much passion. Great to see. Thanks for sharing.
Wooooow! I had no idea about such a beautiful printer! It’s a monster! Congratulations for all your professional job! 👍👍👍👍👍
Wow dude just finished the vid. I watched the original video of this shoot I think 3 times because I loved it so much and to see this process and the final print is amazing.
Best photographer, photography, photography channel out there hands down!
carlosinglos you are too kind, my friend. Thank you!
Absolutely brilliant, great to see start to finish
You’re a cool dude doing honest and beautiful work. Keep on going. Congrats!
This is really special. I can’t thank you enough for sharing this. I’ve done photography for years and I’ve never done anything like this.
Superb video Nick!
That print looks absolutely fabulous on your wall.
This is brilliant - love your passion and comedic elements. Keep going, please.
Yes gents, your boy is producing higher quality videos than television...
I appreciate how you took us through the process and showed how the drumscan didn't work. Would have never of known that, trial and error is king sometimes.
I love these! Makes me wish we had such dedicated craftmen where I live.
Perfect pace and the amount of detail.
Thanks for your videos. I do enjoy unpackaging a new print!