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Choosing Photo Papers

Choosing Photo Papers

- When it comes to papers for printing your photographic images, there are seemingly countless options available. And so making a decision about a particular paper for a particular image can be a bit of a challenge. So I wanted to offer some tips that you can keep in mind when choosing photo papers. First and foremost, one of the best pieces of advice I think I can give you is to get some sampler packs. Many paper manufacturers offer samplers like this one, where you'll get a variety of different papers, usually a couple of sheets of each of the various photo papers that they offer, so that you can print images on each of them and get a really good sense for which papers you like, which ones don't quite suit your needs, and to get a better idea of which papers work for specific types of images. In general, there are a few categories of paper. So we start off with the simple matte papers. Those are the papers that are not shiny. Then we have the glossy papers, and those are the papers…

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