Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think you are right. It depends on the subject. I have made shots that fall apart if printed bigger than 8x10 and others that don't come alive till 11x14 or bigger. And by falling apart, I don't mean image quality or squiggles per millimeter. They just lose their impact/magic/whatever. feli On Apr 22, 2005, at 8:38 AM, B. D. Colen wrote: > I'm a real odd man out on this size thing - not that that will come as > a > shock to anyone. While I do occasionally do 13x19s, I tend to prefer > small prints; my standard print size is apx 8x5 or 8 x6 on an 8.5x11 or > 8x10 sheet. I believe that smaller prints force the viewer to "come > in," > to really look at the image, where larger prints push the viewer away. > When I did my book of photos of people living with diabetes, I beat the > client and designer into making it really small - about 5.5 by 6.5 - > and > they ended up loving it. But I know most photographers think any good > image has to be printed BIIIG.... ________________________________________________________ feli2@earthlink.net 2 + 2 = 4 www.elanphotos.com