Turning Photographs Into Art Part 6: Printing from Lightroom Part B - Templates and Soft Proofing

The Lightroom Interface in the Develop Module
1 - Introduction
It is seeing original prints from master photographers that inspired me to create my own photographs and learn how to print them as well as they did. Great prints are inspiring. They move us. They transport us to the places they show and make us live the events they capture.
My prints, your prints, are the expression of our vision, of our skills and our talent. A print is a lot more than an image on screen. Seeing an image on screen and seeing the same image as a fine art print is a very different experience. An image can look great on screen but dull on paper. A masterful fine art print looks better than its look-alike on screen. It is a successful translation of the screen image into ink laid on paper. It takes skill, practice and experience to perform this translation successfully. Creating an expressive print requires more than pressing the print button. When done to masterful standards a print sends shivers down your s...