Advice
On this page you will find various links, documents and videos that will help you to get the best out of your images and produce superb prints. For specific advice on entering our Club competitions please see the Rules page.
Camera Club Talk - Inkjet Masterclass
A two - part presentation delivered to Steyning Camera Club, Sussex, England, in November 2014. John Read, Managing Director of Marrutt Limited gives a talk to 60 camera club members on the topic of "Photographic Inkjet Printing in Colour and Black and White" - This is basically an abridged version of his FREE online training course "Inkjet Printing MasterClass" that you can view here. Intended for Professional and Enthusiast Photographers, John takes you through current best practice in professional photographic colour and monochrome printing to darkroom handprint standards.
A two - part presentation delivered to Steyning Camera Club, Sussex, England, in November 2014. John Read, Managing Director of Marrutt Limited gives a talk to 60 camera club members on the topic of "Photographic Inkjet Printing in Colour and Black and White" - This is basically an abridged version of his FREE online training course "Inkjet Printing MasterClass" that you can view here. Intended for Professional and Enthusiast Photographers, John takes you through current best practice in professional photographic colour and monochrome printing to darkroom handprint standards.
How to mat (mount) a print in an archival, safe manner. This detailed YouTube video from the USA will tell you all you need to know.
Kadinsky Art. Definitely worth looking at for their very good value, ready-cut mounts.
The Digital Print, by Jeff Schewe - probably the best book on digital printing you can buy
On-Line Paper . If you were about to buy your photo inkjet paper at W.H. Smiths, you might want to look here first!
Paper Spectrum . Offer a very good selection of inkjet paper as well as mount card and ready-cut mounts
The best inkjet papers . There are more brands and types of paper available than you will probably ever use, but this Amateur Photographer guide will help to get you started.
The Adobe Creative Cloud concept of leasing software to users remains controversial for some, but for less than £10.00 per month for the latest versions of Lightroom and Photoshop it's a steal and you don't even need to be online to use the software.
The Nik Collection of several distinct photographic software tools contains the legendary Silver Efex Pro, a plug-in that still works seamlessly with Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop and Elements and is probably the best monochrome processor for any price. It remains an incredible, free download, but has now been acquired by the software developer DxO, who have promised an update later in 2018. Get it now while you can and just hope that they don't mess it up.
Kadinsky Art. Definitely worth looking at for their very good value, ready-cut mounts.
The Digital Print, by Jeff Schewe - probably the best book on digital printing you can buy
On-Line Paper . If you were about to buy your photo inkjet paper at W.H. Smiths, you might want to look here first!
Paper Spectrum . Offer a very good selection of inkjet paper as well as mount card and ready-cut mounts
The best inkjet papers . There are more brands and types of paper available than you will probably ever use, but this Amateur Photographer guide will help to get you started.
The Adobe Creative Cloud concept of leasing software to users remains controversial for some, but for less than £10.00 per month for the latest versions of Lightroom and Photoshop it's a steal and you don't even need to be online to use the software.
The Nik Collection of several distinct photographic software tools contains the legendary Silver Efex Pro, a plug-in that still works seamlessly with Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop and Elements and is probably the best monochrome processor for any price. It remains an incredible, free download, but has now been acquired by the software developer DxO, who have promised an update later in 2018. Get it now while you can and just hope that they don't mess it up.