Year: 2025

You’ve spent hours perfecting that landscape photograph on your calibrated monitor, sent it to the printer, and received back something that looks muddy, flat, or just wrong. The culprit isn’t a careless printer—it’s the fundamental difference between how screens and paper create color. Your monitor uses RGB (red, green, blue light), while professional printing relies on the 4 color print process using CMYK inks: cyan, magenta, yellow, and black.
This disconnect catches most photographers off-guard because the two systems work in opposite ways. Monitors add colored light together to create brightness, while …

You’ve just finished an amazing wedding shoot, culled 800 images down to 200 keepers, and spent hours editing. Now comes the part that somehow takes longer than it should: getting client feedback. You’re juggling email threads with attached JPEGs, trying to decipher messages like “I don’t like the third one” when you’ve sent fifteen photos, and wondering if your client actually received the latest revision you sent yesterday.
Online proofing tools solve this specific headache by creating a dedicated digital space where clients can view, comment on, and approve images without the chaos of email …

Protect your art prints from shipping damage by sandwiching them between two rigid backing boards that extend at least one inch beyond each edge—this prevents corner crushing and edge dents that plague even carefully wrapped packages. Place prints in crystal-clear protective sleeves before adding the backing boards, as moisture and fingerprints during handling are just as damaging as transit mishaps.
Invest in proper triangular or square cardboard tubes for larger prints over 16×20 inches, rolling them with the image facing outward around an acid-free core to prevent cracking in the ink or paper fibers. Many professional …