I get a lot of mail from artists and photographers who have gone over to digital cameras, but who seem to be having a problem with getting the kind of prints they want at an affordable price. Personally, I may be old fashioned, but I still prefer film, at least until
I find proof that digital files can be "printed" with the same quality found with negatives. Once that negative is made and printed (or you make slides), there's a lot you can do with the computer. The point is, the basic material - to my belief - is better as film, then the conversion to a digital file can take you to greater heights, faster and cheaper.
A recent Associated Press story by Brian Bergstein points out the many benefits of the new printers. He writes that new inks fuse to paper much easier and in smaller particles, permitting greater resolution and sharper images with more subtle hues. The new Brightcube, Inc. printer reportedly produces the bright colors and brush strokes of the original painting.
Depending upon your needs, a good quality printer can range in price from $150 to $500,000. The custom house that does my large prints has a newer ink-jet machine that produces extremely high quality work, particlularly on poster paper and canvas. Oh, yeah - one other poiint of importance. Great quality prints require large files - 100MB or so. Since no digital camera of which I'm aware will
create that size file, the scanning process is the important step between the quality of the original and the final output onto paper, canvas, or whatever.
Joe Chernicoff, CAPA Exec. Director
Nickolas Agafonov has a new web site that fans of equestrian art should enjoy.
The site, Horse in Art, covers a lot of ground showing numerous images of art in which horses played an important or center theme. The site's opening page graphic is shown below, giving you an idea of what you will find.
