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The outcome of all your efforts is ink on paper,
therefore you better use the best ink and the best paper.
Ansel Adams, paraphrased and adapted to digital printing.
1 - Introduction
I decided to follow my series about Printing in Lightroom with an essay about my favorite printing papers. It is a logical continuation. After writing about printing I wanted to talk about the reasons why I like specific papers and how I use these papers for different purposes.
This essay being about printing papers it would be most appropriate to start it with the printing reflections I featured in my previous essay. It would and most likely I should have. Unfortunately when it comes to reflections and inspiration would and should are wishful wishes because inspiration strikes unexpectedly and leaves without warning. So rather than ponder what could have been and try to re-invite muses that have already visited and departed I decided to start this essay by writing a conclusion to the introduction of my pre...

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Alain Briot
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Alain Briot creates fine art photographs, teaches workshops and offers DVD tutorials on composition, raw conversion, optimization, printing and marketing. Alain is the author of Mastering Landscape Photography, Mastering Photographic Composition and Marketing Fine Art Photography. All 3 books are available from Alain’s website as well as from most bookstores. You can find more information about Alain's work, writings and tutorials as well as subscribe to Alain’s Free Monthly Newsletter on his <a href="http://www.beautiful-landscape.com/">website</a>. You will receive over 40 essays in PDF format, including chapters from Alain’s books, when you subscribe.
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