In this project, our assignment was to keep taking photos, developing them and printing them. Along side that, we were also given the task to research different types of paper. 8 to be exact. After doing our research, we had to choose 4 to print on. I chose two matte, one glossy, and one thin. All of the paper I chose had something unique about it which is why I went with the variety. Below is my research in a bulleted format.
Paper Research
Canson: Somerset Enhanced Satin White (ICC available)
- Weight : 225 or 330 gsm
- Rag: 100% Cotton
- Surface feel : Smooth
- Surface finish : Matt
- Packaging : Sheets & rolls
- Manufacturing: St Cuthberts Mill, based in England
Canson: ARCHES BFK Rives White (ICC available)
- Weight: 310 gsm
- Rag: 100% Cotton
- Surface feel : Soft textured
- Surface finish : Matte
- Colour : Pure white
- Packaging: Sheets and rolls
- Manufacturing: ARCHES® paper mill, France
Breathing Color: Vibrance Baryta Satin (No ICC)
- Weight: 310 GSM (Satin) 320 GSM (Satin Bright)
- Rag: 100% Pure Cotton
- Surface Feel: Soft Stipple
- Surface Finish: Satin
- Packaging: Rolls
- Manufacturing: Austin- the Art Capital of Texas
Breathing Color: Signa Smooth Fine Art Paper (No ICC)
- Weight: 270 GSM
- Rag: 100% Pure Cotton
- Surface Feel: Plain Smooth
- Surface Finish: Bright Wight Matte
- Packaging: Rolls
- Manufacturing: Austin- the Art Capital of Texas
Hahnemuhle: Rice Paper (ICC available)
- Weight: 100 GSM
- Rag: 100% a-Cellulose
- Surface Feel: Light Laid Lines
- Surface Finish: Matte
- Packaging: Sheets or Rolls
- Manufacturing: South Lower Saxony, Germany
Hahnemuhle: FineARt Pearl (ICC available)
- Weight: 285 GSM
- Rag: 100% a-Cellulose
- Surface Feel: Delecate Texture
- Surface Finish: Pearl
- Packaging: Rolls, Sheets, Photocards
- Manufacturing: South Lower Saxony, Germany
Hahnemuhle: Bamboo Gloss Baryta (ICC available)
- Weight: 305 GSM
- Rag: 90% Bamboo, 10% Cotton
- Surface Feel: Soft, Felt-Like
- Surface Finish: High-Gloss
- Packaging: Rolls or Sheets
- Manufacturing: South Lower Saxony, Germany
Canson: Baryta Photograhpique || Matte
- Weight: 310 GSM
- Rag: 100% alpha-cellulose
- Surface Feel: Extra Smooth
- Surface Finish: Smooth Matte
- Packaging: Rolls
- Manufacturing: ARCHES® paper mill, France
This is the picture I ended up choosing to print for this picture. The subject is of hair mouse on a blue scrubber.
Because I choose to take all of my photos indoors, my RAW photos come out extremely yellow. In my developing stages I have to turn that down. For this specific picture, I used the White Balance: Fluorescent. It did a decent job of getting my colors to look the same as reality. I also did some adjustments to clarity and sharpness.
While printing, we also have to know what kind of paper we are printing on. We also have to have the correct ICC profile for our printer. Some paper I researched did not have those and we had been informed that it would take some time to get an ICC set up for that specific type. Although some were interesting, to save on my own time as well as my professors, I went with ones that already had profiles. While printing, however, I had noticed that my colors were far from what I had developed them to be. The next day, my professor helped me figure out what went wrong during my process. We had figured out that my photos were too grey and needed some adjustments.
These are what the original prints looked like before adjustments:
This is how they turned out after fixing the errors:
It is just a slight difference in color due to the lighting from my room. However, you can see that these a more blue than the previous prints!