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Today, I was reading a story about a new Panasonic 3D lens due out later this year where you will only be able to view the photos on a 3D TV. While I'm glad we all won't have to wear funny glasses to look at photos, I'm wondering if this wave of the future will mean eventually it will be harder to display photos in public settings because we won't be printing them and you will need special (read expensive) equipment to dispay them so you won't see salons, galleries or even someone selling photos at the local fair/festival or on the street. I don't think 3D will go away, it's just our hobby morphing into the next stage and we're just coming out of the womb on this one.
Long time photographers, about what percent of your photos do you print now compared to maybe 10 or even 20 years ago? If you are in a camera club, are more competition entries digital than print these days?
What do you think? Printing photos, is it going the way of the typewriter?
I have about 4 years of photography experience, but I've shot for local magazines, local clothing lines, and various fashion related work and I have yet to print anything out. Everyone wants either links to photos via online or copies on CD/DVDs. One of the magazines have online versions now so you don't need to have the actual hardcover.
Like it or not, 3D will soon be a common fixture, just how video is all about HD nowadays.
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Not right away, but over time for the home user, I think yes.
Between the drop in pricing for color laser printers and the home printing options, I think the demand for prints is still there, but the print is being printed at home rather than waiting for a delivery.
If anything, prints are still in demand, but the way in which they are printed has changed. It used to be that many people would ask for prints and then store them in a shoe box. What I am finding now is people are asking for discs with the images. They now want the photos for viewing electronically with the knowledge Those who are asking for prints are asking for much larger sizes, than the "traditional 4" x 6" " size. For example, I just had a client order a 24x30 print of one of my photographs that they were going to have framed. Another client ordered several copies of 5" x 7" prints that he could place on his "Memory Wall" which is a 9' x 20' wall covered with photos of his life.
I noticed the number of digital entries in our camera club contests are stating to exceed the printed entries. They are judged separately. I wonder about the future of our salon say 5 years from now. Having gotten into photography as a hobby after the film age, I find it to be a chore and an expense to print and frame photos that I have no desire to hang. I've been sharing family and friend photos via websites and before that duplicating CDs/DVDs for 14 years so when it became a hobby, I was already used to not printing my photos. Even worse, I'm so used to looking at backlit images (computer monitor, TV and LCD screen on camera) that I never think the prints look as good. I especially have yet to see a photograph that has had special effects applied look as good in print as it does on a computer screen.
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