Darlow’s
“Lab Printing with Lightroom” workshop at WPPI will expand upon some of the
“Lightroom Power Printing” tips he presented PhotoPlus Expo last October. That
session focused primarily on teaching photographers about how to use Adobe Photoshop Lightroom
to output images on in-studio inkjet printers.
In
an interview posted the HP Pro Photography blog, Darlow points out that many
photographers don't realize that the printing
features in Lightroom are very robust: “People think it's confusing or not as
powerful as printing through Photoshop. But in my opinion, it's easier. As I
started printing more of my work through Lightroom, I realized I was saving
hundreds of hours. It was only natural for me to want to share what I have
learned.”
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| Andrew Darlow in front on some of his pigment ink prints at a solo exhibition of his work entitled "GRANDmarks." |
In the interview, Darlow talks about
the soft-proofing feature in the beta version of Lightroom 4, digital “test
strips,” and how labs might benefit from teaching more photographers to print
through Lightroom.
“While many labs offer to do color corrections for their customers, I believe it's better for photographers to maintain control over their color and request for the lab to do no corrections,” said Darlow. He points out that many photographers today send images to more than one lab for output. For example, a photographer might prefer the style of canvas prints offered by one lab and the greeting cards offered by another. Also, if a photographer accepts online print orders from a customer in a faraway country, it might be more cost-effective to have the prints produced and shipped from the lab closer to the customer.
In
either case, Darlow says, “It's unrealistic for two different labs to do auto
corrections on image files and have both sets of prints come out with similar
colors.”
Read
the full interview on the HP Pro Photography Blog.
The
WPPI Master Class is being sponsored by Frame
Destination of Dallas, TX. About two
years ago, Andrew helped Frame Destination develop the GalleryPouch heavyweight
bubble bag for shipping framed artwork.
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