COMPOSITION FOR THE FINAL PRINT
By
PAUL McKEOWN
(From a talk given at Baltimore Camera Club, 10/28/2004)
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INTRODUCTION
"There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs." - Ansel Adams
This article is about Composition in general, composing for the final print in particular, and very particularly, composing and printing for BCC print competitions.
I have written mainly from an ink-jet printing point of view, as I have found that offers more control over the final print, and is more cost effective
Links to example images are liberally scattered throughout. They will open in a new window.
Composing for printing can be seen as a three-stage process
- Exposure
- Manipulation
- Printing
along with -
- A word about costs
- Resources