My friend Guy Tal has just released his fourth e-book, “Creative Digital Printing: Crafting the Fine Art Digital Print“. Whether you’re new to digital printing or have been at it for years, you’ll learn something from this e-book. I just began doing my own printing at home using an Epson 2880 printer last year and though I’m now comfortable with the process, I know I’ve got lots of room to grow. I’ve only just begun to dig into “Creative Digital Printing: Crafting the Fine Art Digital Print” and have already learned a few things that will allow me to make better prints. I’m eager to learn more as I get deeper into the book.
If you’d like to learn more about Guy’s other fantastic e-books, I’ve provided links below. Notice that each of Guy’s e-books contains the word “Creative” in the title. Guy is a photographic artist and is very keen on encouraging photographers to think of their work as art. As nature photographers we aren’t documentarians – we’re artists. Each one of Guy’s e-books focuses on the art and creativity of photography and not so much on the technical aspects of the craft. There are plenty of other “how-to” books that do an excellent job of this. Guy’s e-books are a refreshing change of pace.
Creative Landscape Photography
Creative Processing Techniques
As a side note, I bought an iPad 2 last month and have been using it to download and read e-books. I love it! I no longer have to print out the pages for easier reference. I use the GoodReader iPad app for this. Works flawlessly.
8 Responses to “Guy Tal’s “Creative Digital Printing” e-Book Available Now”
eric says:
Thanks for this post. I see Guy uses the term “Fine Art” different from other usages. For example, Canon has a specific “Fine Art” paper.
I consider my photography works of art, but I would say that I have some different expectations of “fine art” vs printing a landscape image on matte or glossy paper.
Is this guide good for the full spectrum of digital printing?
I just got a Canon Pixma 9000 (which probably means it will be discontinued!) and am excited to have full control over color management.
eric says:
Only one way to find out — order placed! Very sensibly priced @ $7.95 for 96 pages!
Guy Tal says:
Thank you, Eric and Bret!
Eric, I understand your dilemma and considered the same topic before deciding to stick to the commonly-used terminology to avoid confusion.
My feelings on art are very much similar to yours, and is a topic I often bring up on my blog. Here’s one entry that may be of interest:
http://guytal.com/wordpress/2011/05/dont-be-an-idiot/
I do very much appreciate your support of my work!
Guy
eric says:
thanks for the reply and link, guy. i will check out your blog. i’m already about half-way through your e-book and am happy with the purchase.
i just recently purchased a canon pixma 9000 and debated the 9000 vs 9500 for quite a while. in the end i went for the wider gamut of the dye-based 9000 vs the pigment-based 9500 …but seeing your statement on page 12 about the gamut differences being negligible makes me think i might have made the wrong choice.
i’d read the 9500 was a bit better for b&w works (i’ll be doing more color) and for rag/matte papers.
d’oh! it was a tough call. the longevity issue for me wasn’t a huge deal (i can see it being a big deal if selling work, but i can always print and tech may change in a decade).
Jeff Colburn says:
I purchased the ebook last week, and I’m still going through it. What I’ve read so far has good information and answered a couple of questions that I had on Fuji Crystal prints.
Have Fun,
Jeff
Stephen L. Kapp says:
I have been using photo labs to do my printing, but could stand to know a lot more than I do at this point about the “art” of making “fine art prints.” Having done a relatively large glicee print recently, it was a steep learning curve and I learned a number of essential things required. My next effort will include metal prints and possibly poster style prints.
Question – how relevant would your book be for someone like myself who doesn’t have a good enough or large enough printer but prefers to use commercial shops for this? Possibly 2/3 of the content? Thanks.
Bret Edge says:
Thank you for the comment, Stephen. I’ve asked Guy to respond to your question and I suspect he’ll do so some time this week. Check back in a day or two to see if he’s posted a response.
Guy Tal says:
Hi Stephen,
Thank you very much for your interest! The book explicitly discusses preparing files for commercial printing. If you can obtain an ICC profile from the lab you use (or if they are willing to accept files mapped to a large color space and handle the conversion themselves) you will find most of the material in the book applicable.
I hope this helps,
Guy