 | Print Information The Selyem photographs you receive can no longer be custom printed here in Bozeman, Montana. With the changing photographic printing industry, the original medium or large format transparency now needs to be scanned and electronically sent to the printer. Each one will still be printed on high quality real photographic glossy paper to give the sharpest image. Bruce autographs each print with his signature and the location identity.
The pictures you see in the photo gallery are scanned from 35mm slides or are low resolution digital camera pictures. However, for the best results they will be printed from medium format transparencies, or if available, from 4"x5" large format transparencies. We will reproduce the format of the website image as much as possible, but keep in mind there may be slight differences because of format variables. This means that a 35mm slide scan (or digital camera file) does not have exactly the same aspect ratio (proportions) as an 11x14, an 11x14 does not have the same aspect ratio as a 16x20, and so forth.
The availability of a size will depend on the original transparency's inherent qualities to be enlargedwithout loss of sharpness. For example, enlarging to 30x40 is best achieved from a 4x5 transparency.However there are circumstances, intended viewing distance for example, when enlarging to 30x40 froma medium format transparency works well. Our own walls have some framed 30x40s (they are impressive)and we can literally get right up to them without loss of quality. Some walls include large printsfrom medium format transparencies but they are best viewed from a few feet away.
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