What better way to see your photos than by making prints?

I love printing my photos because I can actually hold a physical copy of something that I’ve created in my hand, and there’s something very satisfying and rewarding about it. But what’s even better is printing your photo at a large size. That way, instead of having just a 4×6, you can have a full size print so you can see all of the details.

For my large print, I decided to do this photo I took in Targhee National Forest. We were waiting for the sun to set, and the light that was shining on all the weeds and plants was beautiful. I got down on the ground and positioned myself just right to get a beautiful backlit photograph of this frosted weed.

This is the original photograph. And I’m not going to lie, I think it looks great straight out of camera. But before I print it, I wanted to get rid of that solar flare on the right side of the photograph. So I just imported it into Photoshop and used the Content Aware feature, which is basically my best friend, to get rid of that spot. I also increased the sharpness just a little, as well as the clarity, just so it wouldn’t look blurry as a large print.

I wanted to do as few edits as possible to this image because of how much I liked it straight out of camera. And I’m seriously excited to see what this photo will look like in a large print!

I’m also excited because the large print will be featured on the first floor of the Art Building on campus! I can’t wait for everyone to see a photograph that I am proud of, and that I am able to share my work with the many students that go inside that building every day. There will definitely be a picture posted on my Instagram of just me basically ecstatic next to the final framed print.

Happy Photographing!