Photography News Issue 29

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Photography News Issue 29 absolutephoto.com

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Perfect presentation Whether you’re a weekend warrior or a pro, presentation is just as important – this is how the world will see your shots! Check out this month’s pick of trusted printing and display ideas… Buyers’ guide

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NPHOTO Three-Piece Photo Album Set

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DAVINCI Fibre Gloss Silk 310gsm

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COLORWORLD Artisan Matted Albums

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PLASTIC SANDWICH Print Book Portfolio

ColorworldArtisan MattedAlbums from£276

nPhoto 3 Piece Photo AlbumSet from£53

DaVinci FibreGloss Silk 310gsmfrom£45.60

Plastic SandwichPrint BookPortfolio from£110

5 portfolio for around £110, while for added protection, custom slipcases can be made to fit the portfolio, too. Plastic Sandwich’s portfolios can also be customised to fit your tablet for a 21st century way of displaying your shots. If you’d like to know more, Plastic Sandwich will be displaying The Photography Show (J65), with new products, special offers and a prize draw. plasticsandwich.com from£53.99 Bob Books, based in the UK, offers a brilliantly simple but flexible online self- publishing photo book service. Customers can quickly easily design professional looking books with the free Bob Designer Desktop software. There’s an excellent range of hardback and paperback books on offer with seven different book sizes and five paper types. These papers include genuine, silver- halide printed, photo paper with lay- flat binding and premium matte paper for a modern finish. We chose a large (30x30cm) square, lay flat hardback book with lustre photographic paper and with the basic 26 pages it came to a reasonable £53.99; each extra eight pages are a further £8, up to a maximum98. BobBooks Large Square Hardback lay-flat book

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Colorworld’s hand-crafted Artisan Matted Albums aremade in England and combine a top quality finish with a huge degree of customisation, so you (or your customer) will get a photo collection that you’re happy with on every level. The albums come in sizes from 12x9in to 16x12in in landscape or portrait orientation, and there’s also a square 12x12in option. The pages themselves use a textured matt over the photographic print, which can be chosen in either black linen with white core or a white stucco effect. Prints can be added in a lustre, gloss or metallic paper, and the layout can be designed with flush mount pages, which gives a mix of contemporary and traditional in the same album. The ordering process easy via Colorworld’s free Designer Pro software; for instance there are 16 leather cover styles as well as options like photo montage, a canvas finish or the (most popular) acrylic cover, embossing and presentation boxes. Prices start at £276 (including VAT) for a 12x9in album with 20 sides and a full leather cover, while delivery ranges from

nPhotooffersahugerangeofprofessional- quality lay-flat albums, digitally printed coffee table books, calendars, prints and gadgets, so there’s massive scope to pick a presentation product that suits you. The company recently introduced its Three-Piece Photo Album Set, a package of three matching products that can be ordered in a single stroke, saving ordering time on these popular products and money. This set includes a beautiful handmade lay-flat photo album, album box and USB case with 8GBmemory stick. The album and box are available in 20x20, 30x30 and 30x45cm sizes, and pages are printed onto Kodak Endura Professional or Fujicolor Digital Archive Pearl papers. These are then bonded with stiff, 800gsm or 1200gsm card; giving either eight to 35 or eight to 16 lay-flat pages respectively. Page options also include rounded corners, which are both decorative and more resistant to damage; metallic paper; and black inserts, rather than the standard white spread spacers. Cover options include laser etching and a padded finish which gives a special soft touch effect. Prices start from £53 plus delivery. nphoto.co.uk

Home inkjet printing can be just as much a part of the creative process as shooting and editing a picture. In fact, the paper is a bit like the soundtrack to a film, working with the visuals to complete the effect. Therefore your choice of paper is really important as it will either work with the style of shot, or, in some cases, detract from it. So, making sure you pick the right type of high-quality paper is vital. Here’s a great example, DaVinci Fibre Gloss Silk 310gsm, which is a heavyweight baryta paper that you’ll want to lavish on your best images. Its lustrous pearlescent surface, gives pictures a timeless fine-art look, and is designed to replicate style and the feel of traditional bromide prints, so it will add a classic look to any pic printed on it. The paper has a natural white base and excellent tonal and colour range, showing impressive fine detail, and, at 310gsm, it has a thick, luxury feel. DaVinci Fibre Gloss Silk 310gsm is available in sizes from A4 to A2 and 15m roll size of 17in, 24in and 44in. An A4 pack of 50 sheets costs £45.60, with the same number of A3 sheets at £92.40, both including VAT. chaudigital.com

Plastic Sandwich is a London-based company specialising in bespoke portfolio presentation products for photographers, artists and professionals. Its Print Book portfolios should certainly grab your attention with a high-end look and feel. The covers of these leather portfolio cases are made from a single piece of fine, top grain 3mm hide which curves slightly into a softly shaped spine, itself reinforced for stability, and they come in nine standard colours. There’s also an inner cover of black card or frosted polypropylene. Your prints can be bound in either using archival polyester sleeves, which allow a left and right hand image, or as naked as they came out of the printer, if you prefer. In the latter case, a 25mm gutter is required for binding. Another alternative is to have prints mounted on a black matte which includes a cloth hinge for the binding. The binding itself uses a screw and post system, so adding and removing pages is easy, and the capacity can be changed to suit the number of images used. The portfolios can be made to any size and format, and customised to your requirements with a debossed title or logo. You can pick up a basic 10x8in

five to seven working days. colorworldimaging.co.uk

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