Camera to wall print ?? (Page 4): Hello from Imperial. I shoot the D500 and D800, left film many years ago. My basement walls are have over 500 of my photos from the past 10

twillsol Loc: St. Louis, MO

elliott937 wrote:

One of my students asked a curious question. Of all the pictures captured via (a) DSLR and/or (b) cell phone, how many of those actually end up being printed and displayed on the wall? Of course, I would never exclude those who are shooting a SLR and film.

From my colleague UHH members around the world, as well as here in St. Louis, I'm really curious to hear the results.

Hello from Imperial. I shoot the D500 and D800, left film many years ago.

My basement walls are have over 500 of my photos from the past 10 - 13 years, mainly of my granddaughter. I also post many of them on my smugmug site.

Spirit Vision Photography Loc: Behind a Camera.

rpavich wrote:

My goal is the print. I'm getting ready to sell my negative scanner as we speak...I'll just scan any prints that I want to put online.

In my opinion...it's not a photo until you can hold it in your hand and drool on it. :)

I concur. I shoot (film) with printing in mind. However, statististics show that it is a very minuscule numbers of digital images that ever make it to print form.

Russ

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

twillsol wrote:

Hello from Imperial. I shoot the D500 and D800, left film many years ago.

My basement walls are have over 500 of my photos from the past 10 - 13 years, mainly of my granddaughter. I also post many of them on my smugmug site.

Yea, when I first started out in photography, my daughter, then age 3 to about 10, was my main test person for new equipment. Thousands of shots. Anyway, now her daughter, my grand daughter live in Canada and when I do see my grand daughter I tend to over shoot her. One day my daughter says to me, "Dad, I used to be your favorite person to shoot, what happened?". Needless to say I now photograph my daughter and grand daughter equally. It makes for a much better day.

HankR Loc: So. East Florida

My wife wants everything printed so she can compile books of vacations, family gatherings, friends, etc. I'll confess to not printing EVERYTHING. But there are a good number hanging on the walls of our home. Most of those are from my canon f-1 film days shooting slides, love the color saturation.

mcolie

Many Years Ago, I had an acquaintance that had been a friend of Ansel Adams. This man told me that he (Adams) had gotten one keeper out of 1000~1500 pictures taken. That made me feel better when I got one good shot out of a 36 exposure roll.

Now in the digital age, where cost is virtually no object, I probably collect 2~3000 images a year and probably print about 6. I do have some on walls here that are years old. The panorama of the launch field at Albuquerque is one. That was one of six that day. If you have been there, this needs no explanation, and if you have not, none will do.

I have given up reusing SDs, they are just too cheap. You can go in and add labels to the directories so it is possible to relocate an image later.

I also always add an "Owner.jpg" to them because I found one in a parking lot once.

Matt

romanticf16 Loc: Commerce Twp, MI

I'd love to print large wall photos but we live in a modest home where wall space is limited. Large prints would be out of proportion to the rest of the room. I have been considering a set up to run slideshows on our 52" Aquios mounted over the fireplace. It would be less expensive than prints and could show foo more images.

bobwalder

I have some prints on the wall, but these days I find that a scrolling slide show fed to an 80" 4k TV from my Apple TV gets more of my pics viewed by myself and others. Just select the album, pick the music, and happy viewing!

12pups Loc: Worthington, Minnesota, USA

Does digital display count? They make those digital frames you load your prints into.

I hesitate to make actual prints of any of my photos, generally. Such a crap shoot to get them "right." Even my film -- I prefer digital display. That's for my personal photography. Here at work, all my photos go through the graphic arts department to be post-processed using incredibly expensive, color calibrated monitors. What they see on those screens is *exactly* what they will see in our magazines, or posters, or banners, etc.

So many times I've gotten my images "just right" ... but then have to throw a fudge factor in there for how dark/bright they'll look when I pick them up.

For me, digital display. And if I pick up portrait work, graduation photos, etc., on the side, I pay to have those done by our graphic artists. I'm just no match for the magic they do.

Of course, even digitally, there's no way to assure that the image I see on my display/monitor is the same quality as what someone sees on their brand of display/monitor.

ricardo7 Loc: Washington, DC - Santiago, Chile

elliott937 wrote:

One of my students asked a curious question. Of all the pictures captured via (a) DSLR and/or (b) cell phone, how many of those actually end up being printed and displayed on the wall? Of course, I would never exclude those who are shooting a SLR and film.

From my colleague UHH members around the world, as well as here in St. Louis, I'm really curious to hear the results.

I thinks this question is an exercise in idiocy. What possible answer could possibly have any validity?

cambriaman Loc: Central CA Coast

I would say a microscopic percentage for most of us.
As for me, I currently have 28 framed enlargements on the walls of my living room and two bedrooms. That's about all the wall space that I can use tastefully without making the home look like a shop. The contents of the frames change several times a year as I do more photography and review earlier shoots . The frames are from 16 by 20 down to 5 by 7.

AnthonyM Loc: Pasadena, CA

If you haven't tried printing your photos you're really missing out. I've printed many and rotate them. I've printed a couple of them HUGE which was an adventure in itself. Pick your favorite shot and print it big (30x40). You'll have impact like never before! Serious fun. I'm really crappy at photography but when my wife sees one of my large prints even she thinks I may know what I'm doing.

I use dmarcogalleries.com in San Diego.

Peterff Loc: O'er The Hills and Far Away, in Themyscira.

ricardo7 wrote:

I thinks this question is an exercise in idiocy. What possible answer could possibly have any validity?

Mine. Obviously!

photoman022 Loc: Manchester CT USA

Relatively few of my photos wind up in print and on the wall and there are reasons for this:
1. I have limited wall space.
2. I take thousands of photos a year and not all of them are "keepers."
3. Of the "keepers" I cull and cull and cull until on the very best of my photos are on display.

I regularly print (usually to 11x14) my best photos and rotate them on my wall (see #1 above).

tinwhistle

My wife will, on an irregular basis, rotate images throughout the house. I have a friend who has given me two areas of his business in which I rotate several images several times a year. In the case of my friend I have sold a few of those pictures right off the wall.

Peterff Loc: O'er The Hills and Far Away, in Themyscira.

tinwhistle wrote:

My wife will, on an irregular basis, rotate images throughout the house. I have a friend who has given me two areas of his business in which I rotate several images several times a year. In the case of my friend I have sold a few of those pictures right off the wall.

Some of our 'well hung' prints were also bought straight off the wall: http://www.lisakristine.com/

An interesting lady. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UubzcXSBbw , http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg3Ou2Xog-M