Olympus-OM
[Top] [All Lists]

[OM] Re: How Big Can You Print

Subject: [OM] Re: How Big Can You Print
From: Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 17:07:17 -0400
<snicker>  Good point. I'm actually glad those pixel-peepers are out  
there and remaining busy, because despite their best intentions, they  
sometimes help a dense old ignoramus such as myself make decisions.  
But only after much distillation and dilution of the technochatter.  
(Or would one dilute and then distill?) Still, that said, I've hung  
around enough shops and galleries (pun intended) to watch, oh, many  
hundreds of people look through bins of photography, not to mention  
stare at photos hung on a wall. And my impression is that only the  
photographers among them give a rat's RIP about anything other than  
the emotional impact of the image--or lack thereof. True, one must  
bring a certain degree of technical proficiency to the print in order  
to offer the customer an opportunity for emotional impact, but it's  
still the impact that matters. Something has to grab them. Maybe it's  
the image they wish they could take of a place near where they were  
staying. Maybe it's the light on the water. Maybe it's the play of  
light and texture. No telling what, but it's gotta be something that  
grabs 'em by the short & curlies and won't let 'em go.

In one shop where I display my work, and also work as a clerk from  
time to time, there is a 20x25 winter image hanging in the vestibule.  
This image is the first thing customers see when they walk through  
the door. I've watched people literally reel backwards upon first  
sight. (Sadly, no one's bought it yet, at least not there, but they  
do react, and they have purchased smaller versions.)

Not once have I heard a customer say, "Ah! Looks like a 4.9 megapixel  
image. Olympus E-1, no doubt. Not worth bothering with." And _no one_  
has ever deployed a loupe.

--Bob

On Oct 23, 2007, at 4:42 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:

> His results are all perfectly valid... if you always view your  
> prints with a 5X loupe.  He must be terribly disappointed when
> watching TV.  It's hard to observe the action when you're so close  
> all you can see is the pixels.  :-)


==============================================
List usage info:     http://www.zuikoholic.com
List nannies:        olympusadmin@xxxxxxxxxx
==============================================

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>
Sponsored by Tako
Impressum | Datenschutz