43. CHOOSING A PAPER—LIKE WINE PAIRING FOR PHOTOGRAPHY

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PHOTOGRAPHY IS ALL about collecting stuff, whether it be the perfect lens or the perfect camera bag or the perfect filter. You’d be surprised by how much stuff you can accumulate in the process of trying to make great pictures. This translates completely when you start talking about making a print, and opens up new ways for you to express yourself with your work.

Ansel Adams once said, “the negative is the score and the print is the performance,” so how you create a print can be very different from picture to picture. The material you print on can also vary greatly—from glossy to matte papers, ...

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